Understanding assistant roles in social care

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 667-685

  Kessler, Ian ^a,d   Bach, Stephen ^b,e   Heron, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PICKER INSTITUTE EUROPE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Occupations; Public services; Social work assistants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751396708     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017006069807     Document Type: Article

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