Older people and permanent care: Whose decision?

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1081-1092

  Dwyer, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Decision making; Older people; Permanent care; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544493731     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch214     Document Type: Article

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