Burnout in Swedish midwives

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 87-91

  Hildingsson, Ingegerd ^a,b,c   Westlund, Kajsa ^d   Wiklund, Ingela ^c,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Midwifery Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burnout; Midwives; Work attrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MIDWIFE; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

BURNOUT; MIDWIVES; WORK ATTRITION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; WORK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84883812210     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: 18775764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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