Using client satisfaction to improve case management services for the elderly

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 605-612

  Hsieh, Chang Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Client satisfaction scale; Instrument construction; Scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749819098     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087057106289360     Document Type: Article

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