An investigation into how the health care assistants perceive their role as 'support workers' to the qualified staff

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 612-619

  Workman, Barbara A ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNICATION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; ROLE; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030094964     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb00026.x     Document Type: Article

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