Home health care workers' attitudes toward the elderly

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Weiler, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MANPOWER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FLORIDA; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HOMEMAKER SERVICES; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0031638055     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v16n04_01     Document Type: Article

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