Assessment of the work environment of multidisciplinary hospital staff

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 543-551

  McCusker, Jane ^a   Dendukuri, Nandini ^b   Cardinal, Linda ^c   Katofsky, Lilly ^c   Riccardi, Michael ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health services; Job satisfaction; Patient care; Research work; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUEBEC;

EID: 27644575998     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860510627229     Document Type: Article

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