Measuring satisfaction with social care amongst older service users: Issues from the literature

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 316-324

  Bauld, Linda ^a,b   Chesterman, John ^a   Judge, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care manager; Community care; Informal carer; Older people; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034374905     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2000.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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