Agency and bank nursing in the UK National Health Service

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 369-389

  Tailby, Stephanie ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c University's Employment Studies Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National Health Service; Nursing; Recruitment and retention; Temporary agency work; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645527811     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017005053178     Document Type: Review

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