Beyond Bootstraps: A Rural, Midwestern Health Care Organization’s Response to Employee Depression

Complementary Health Practice Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-138

  Putnam, Kelly ^a   Mckibbin, Laura ^a   Lancaster, Stacie ^a   Schwade, Jessica ^a  

^a Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; health care; wellness; women; workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992920551     PISSN: 15332101     EISSN: 15523845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076167502250794     Document Type: Article

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