There's no place like home: A qualitative study of the working conditions of home health care providers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-337

  Markkanen, Pia ^a   Quinn, Margaret ^a   Galligan, Catherine ^a   Chalupka, Stephanie ^a   Davis, Letitia ^b   Laramie, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EXPERIENCE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; INTERVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; RISK FACTOR; TRADE UNION; VIOLENCE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CAREGIVERS; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947099323     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3180326552     Document Type: Article

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