Stress Management for Primary Health Care Professionals

• Main Authors: Rout, Usha R. (Author), Rout, Jaya K. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Personnel management.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Human Resource Management.

Expectations of public services in the UK are rising – both from the government and from the public themselves. At the same time, the professions providing those services are expected to be more accountable for the care they give. These factors are contributing to a major increase in work stress exp...

Table of Contents:

• and Background
• What is Stress?
• Occupational Stress
• The Individual and Stress
• Consequences of Stress
• Potential Sources of Stress Amongst Primary Health Care Professionals
• Stress Management: Individual Strategies
• Stress Management: Organisation-Level Strategies
• The Way Forward.