Less money, less care: How nurses in long-term care allocate hours of needed care in a context of chronic shortage

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 214-220

  Morin, Diane ^a   Leblanc, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aaged; Long term care; Nursing care; Unmet needs.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING CARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUEBEC; WORKLOAD;

EID: 26944500850     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2005.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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