Client Satisfaction and Staff Empathy at Pediatric HIV/AIDS Programs

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1-22

  Strug, David ^a   Ottman, Ruth ^b   Kaye, Jackie ^c   Saltzberg, Sheri ^d   Walker, Josephine ^e   Mendez, Hermann ^f  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c Edna McConnell Clark Foundation   (United States)

^d Cicatelli Associates Inc   (United States)

^e SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Client satisfaction; Empathy; HIV AIDS; Policy; Program organization; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242635549     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v29n04_01     Document Type: Review

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