The role of stressors and coping strategies in the burnout experienced by hospice workers

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 488-497

  Sardiwalla, N ^a   VandenBerg, H ^a   Esterhuyse, K G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burnout; Coping strategies; Hospice workers; Stressors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HOSPICE NURSING; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEPERSONALIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 36349027009     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000300159.67897.c7     Document Type: Article

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