Strategies to Address the Methodological Challenges of Client-Satisfaction Research in Home Care

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 69-77

  Forbes, Dorothy A ^a   Neufeld, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD;

HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0031157690     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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