Carers' perspectives on the internet: Implications for social and health care service provision

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1175-1192

  Read, Janet ^a   Blackburn, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Digital divide; Information; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544480774     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch244     Document Type: Article

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