Restructuring of the Québec health network and its effects on the profession of home health aides and their occupational health and safety

New Solutions

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-95

  Cloutier, Esther ^a   David, Hélène ^b   Ledoux, Elise ^b   Gagnon, Isabelle ^b   Bourdouxhe, Madeleine ^b   Ouellet, François ^b  

^a Institut de recherche   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POSTURE; QUEBEC; SAFETY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34848839258     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/pv12-897h-6546-69w8     Document Type: Article

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