Aboriginal health workers, emotional labour, obligatory community labour and OHS

Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-34

  Williams, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health workers; Emotional exhaustion; Emotional labour; Obligatory community labour; Racism

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; EXHAUSTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STRESS;

EID: 0037302744     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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