Work-family fit: The impact of emergency medical services work on the family system

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 462-468

  Roth, Sheila Gillespie ^a   Moore, Crystal Dea ^b  

^a CARLOW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Family; Stress; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY STRESS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MARRIAGE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 70149087815     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120903144791     Document Type: Article

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