Nurses' workplace stressors and coping strategies

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-44

  Lambert, Vickie ^a,b   Lambert, Clinton ^a  

^a Lambert and Lambert International Nursing Consultants   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Stress management activities; Workplace stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949120467     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.41934     Document Type: Review

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