Staff opinions about the leadership and organisation of municipal dementia care

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 313-322

  Albinsson, L ^a   Strang, P ^b  

^a VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia; Goals; Leadership; Organisation; Staff; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036716417     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2002.00364.x     Document Type: Review

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