Preventing burnout: Increasing professional self efficacy in primary care nurses in a Balint group

AAOHN Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-32

  Rabinowitz, Stanley ^a   Kushnir, Talma ^a   Ribak, Joseph ^a  

^a Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALINT GROUP; BURNOUT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE;

EID: 0030046683     PISSN: 08910162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507999604400108     Document Type: Article

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