Background andObjectives: Nurses comprise a majority of healthcare professionals. Therefore, their quality of life can directly impact the performance of health system at different level. The aim of this study was to explore the potential impact of work shift on physical, mental, and social aspects of nurses’ health.   Methods: A sample of 300 nurses from hospitals of the Rasht city situated ...

the absence of compassion, argues the author, is not the cause of healthcare failures but rather a symptom of deeper systemic failures. the clinical encounter arouses strong emotions of anxiety, fear, and anger in patients which are often projected onto the clinicians. attempts to protect clinicians through various bureaucratic devices and depersonalization of the patient, constitute as menzies...

AIMS The aim of the present study was to investigate absence from work in Denmark due to occupational and non-occupational accidents. BACKGROUND Since the beginning of the last decade, political focus has been placed on the population's working capacity and the scope of absence due to illness. Absence from work is estimated at between 3% and 6% of working hours in the EU and costs are estimat...

Does union membership increase sickness absence from work and, if so, by how much? And which specific channels does this effect operate through? Using UK Labour Force Survey data for 2006-2008 we find that trade union membership is associated with a substantial increase in the probability of reporting sick and in the amount of average absence taken. This result can be largely attributed to the ...