A narrative approach to understanding the nursing work environment in Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2482-2491

  McGillis Hall, Linda ^a   Kiesners, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Effort reward imbalance; Nurses work environment

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH WORKER; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CANADA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; REWARD; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644486956     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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