Information about the information: Navigating services and supports for older people

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 17-23

  Ballantyne, Alison ^a   Cheek, Julianne ^a   Gillham, David ^a   Quan, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessing information; Active participation; Choice; Older people; Qualitative research; Service provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845723335     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200500018     Document Type: Review

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