The hazards of helping: Work, mission and risk in non-profit social service organizations

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-166

  Kosny, Agnieszka A ^a   Eakin, Joan M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mission; Non profit organizations; Occupational health and safety; Risk; Social services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 46649084202     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570802159899     Document Type: Article

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