Quality of care: Relationship between the perceptions of elderly home care users and their caregivers

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 252-258

  Larsson, G ^a   Wilde Larsson, B ^a  

^a Centre for Public Health Research Karlstad   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Home care users; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012093497     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.1998.tb00289.x     Document Type: Article

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