Coping with occupational stress in an Accident and Emergency Department;Enfrentando el estrés ocupacional en un Departamento de Accidentes y Emergencias

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 242-247

  McFarlene, D ^a   Duff, Edith M W ^a   Bailey, E Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAMAICA; JOB SATISFACTION; LEISURE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALARY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKLOAD; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 9944237312     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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