Stress in social services: Mental well-being, constraints and job satisfaction

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 735-746

  Coffey, Margaret ^c   Dugdill, Lindsey ^d   Tattersall, Andy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Social services; Stress; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043170536     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch088     Document Type: Review

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