Nurses' health: Work and family influences

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-35

  Killien, Marcia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSAULT; ATTITUDE; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; CONFLICT; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 2442569949     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2003.11.002     Document Type: Review

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