tions and good family relationships are more difficult for shiftworkers and workers away from home for periods of time, but they are possible. Planning takes more effort when you're a shiftworker. Figuring out how you're going to spend time with your spouse or special somebody might even mean hiring someone to help with the house, mowing the lawn or driving the kids. Social activities are still possible and they are very important to your peace within (Nigel 33). Knowledge is power. Suplied with a little knowledge about how shiftwork affects the body, shiftworkers and their employers have the power to make changes which will improve communication and also improve health and well being of each and every worker. Works Cited Aanonsen, Anthon. Shift work and health. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1964 Carpentier, James. Night Work: Its effects on the health and welfare of the worker. Geneva: International Labour Office, 1977. Nigel, E[mond]-N[igel], Y[von] Queinnec, and P. Paoli.Adapting Shiftwork rrangements Irelend: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1988 Maurice, Marc. SHIFT WORK: Economic advantages and social costs. Geneva: International labout Office, 1975. Morgan, David. Sleep Secrets for shift workers & people with off-bear schedules. New York: Labrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data, 1996. Perlow, Leslie. Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices. New York: Cornell University Press, 1997. Simon, B.L.. "Impact of shift work on individuals and families." Families in Society. 71(6):342-48, June 1990. Siroonian, Jason. Work arrangements. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, Labour and Household Surveys Analysis Division, 1993....
