Karoshi: death from overwork--a nursing problem in Japan?

Nurs Health Care. 1992 Apr;13(4):186-91.

Abstract

Japanese Nurses are overworked and underpaid; many of them leave the profession at about age 25 and get married. Will working conditions change so that more nurses remain nurses?

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Burnout, Professional / epidemiology
  • Burnout, Professional / ethnology
  • Burnout, Professional / mortality*
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Job Description
  • Nursing Staff / economics
  • Nursing Staff / psychology*
  • Nursing Staff / supply & distribution
  • Personnel Turnover / statistics & numerical data
  • Salaries and Fringe Benefits
  • Workload*