Absent voices compromise the effectiveness of nursing home regulation: A critique of regulatory reform in the UK nursing home industry

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 490-494

  Kerrison, Susan H ^a   Pollock, Allyson M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Nursing homes; Regulation; Users

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT RIGHT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT RIGHTS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0035525106     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2001.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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