Thriving, not just surviving, in emotionally demanding fields of practice

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-325

  Wendt, Sarah ^a   Tuckey, Michelle R ^a   Prosser, Brenton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Personal domain; Social work; Surviving; Teaching; Thriving

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUSTRALIA; EMOTIONS; FACULTY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEACHING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79953324525     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00983.x     Document Type: Article

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