Workload as a determinant of staff injury in intermediate care

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-383

  Cohen, Marcy ^a   Village, Judy ^b   Ostry, Aleck S ^b   Ratner, Pamela A ^b   Cvitkovich, Yuri ^b   Yassi, Annalee ^b,c  

^a Hospital Employees' Union   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Care aides; Health care; Musculoskeletal injury; Work conditions; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PAIN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 14344263735     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2004.10.4.375     Document Type: Article

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