Description:
Health care workers want their jobs to be meaningful and are most likely to find meaning when they connect to the work and make progress on something that matters. Unfortunately, their workplaces create obstacles to meaningful experiences, producing burnout. Changes at all levels are needed to support workers and patients.
Review Quotes:
"The central tension in Called to Care? is that many of the things that healthcare workers find meaningful on the job are often at odds with what is mandated and rewarded at the organizational level. Cain's research is timely, engaging, and sociologically rich."
--Clare L. Stacey "author of The Caring Self: The Work Experiences of Home Care Aides"