Health care restructuring, work environment, and health of nurses

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-64

  Bourbonnais, Renée ^a   Brisson, Chantal ^a   Malenfant, Romaine ^b   Vézina, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CLSC CHSLD Haute Ville des Rivieres   (Canada)

Author keywords

Job strain; Nurses; Psychological distress; Psychosocial work environment; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 11944255673     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20104     Document Type: Article

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