Shift work to balance everyday life - a salutogenic nursing perspective in home help service in Sweden.
Background. Nurses in Sweden have a high absence due to illness and many retire before the age of sixty. Factors at work as well as in private life may contribute to health problems. To maintain a healthy work–force there is a need for actions on work-life balance in a salutogenic perspective. The a...
| Published in: | BMC Nursing Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 55 - 78 |
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BioMed Central
2015
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