Staff security and work pressure: Contrasting patterns of stability and change across five dialysis units

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 525-535

  Alleyne, Sylvan ^a   Reiss, David ^b   Leonard, Kimberly Jeffries ^b   Turner Musa, Jocelyn ^b   Wagner, Barry ^c   Simmens, Sam ^b   Holder, Barbara ^d   Kimmel, Paul L ^b   Kobrin, Sidney ^e   Cruz, Illuminado ^f  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis units; Social organization; Staff morale; Work pressures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; SHIFT WORKER; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STAFF; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030219029     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00433-5     Document Type: Article

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