Factors that may influence midwives work-related stress and burnout

Women and Birth

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-32

  Mollart, Lyndall ^a   Skinner, Virginia M ^b   Newing, Carol ^a   Foureur, Maralyn ^c  

^a Central Coast Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burnout; Clinical supervision; Midwives; Organisational support; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEPERSONALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84875404239     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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