Hospital restructuring and downsizing in Canada: Are less experienced nurses at risk?

Psychological Reports

Volumn 87, Issue 3 PART 1, 2000, Pages 1013-1021

  Burke, Ronald J ^a   Greenglass, Esther R ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0034567320     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.3.1013     Document Type: Article

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