Residential care workers and residents: The New Zealand story

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1214, 2005, Pages

  Kiata, Liz ^a   Kerse, Ngaire ^a   Dixon, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; E-MAIL; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING STAFF; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POSTAL MAIL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX RATIO; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; RESPITE CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RESPITE CARE;

EID: 23844443236     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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