Humanity or bureaucracy? the transition from hospital to long-term continuing institutional care

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 247-256

  Cotter, Angela ^a   Meyer, Julienne ^a   Roberts, Sally ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long term care; Older people; User and carer involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007367210     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136140969800300403     Document Type: Article

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