Support staff in a sample of Australian community-based services for people with a disability: Career intentions, personal characteristics and professional development needs

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-214

  Dempsey, Ian ^a   Arthur, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREER; COMMUNITY CARE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRAINING;

EID: 0036738647     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366825021000008620     Document Type: Article

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