Surge capacity and casualization: Human resource issues in the post-SARS health system

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-232

  Baumann, Andrea O ^a   Blythe, Jennifer M ^a   Underwood, Jane M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health manpower; Nursing staff; Personnel staffing and scheduling; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB STRESS; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SHIFT WORKER; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; WORKING TIME;

EID: 33745882342     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405592     Document Type: Article

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