Stress of conscience and perceptions of conscience in relation to burnout among care-providers in older people

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1897-1906

  Juthberg, Christina ^a,b   Eriksson, Sture ^c   Norberg, Astrid ^a   Sundin, Karin ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burnout; Care providers; Conscience; Nurses; Nursing; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; CONSCIENCE; ETHICS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSCIENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 44949142886     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02184.x     Document Type: Article

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