Personnel reductions and structural changes in health care work-life experiences of medical secretaries

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-170

  Hertting, Anna ^a,b   Nilsson, Kerstin ^c   Theorell, Töres ^a,b   Sätterlund Larsson, Ullabeth ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Health care personnel; Inequalities in health; Medical secretaries; Women and coping; Women and stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; AUTUMN; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE; MANAGER; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALARY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STAFF; STRESS; SWEDEN; TAPE RECORDER; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL SECRETARIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0344406827     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00474-9     Document Type: Article

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