Training as a vehicle to empower carers in the community: More than a question of information sharing

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 79-88

  Clarke, Nicholas ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Empowerment; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; TEACHING; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 0035292434     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2001.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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