The fallacy of chasing after work-life balance

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Schwingshackl, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Burn out; Critical care; Life; Pediatrics; Work; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962041724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2014.00026     Document Type: Note

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