Crossing professional and organizational boundaries: The implementation of generic Rehabilitation Assistants within three organizations in the northwest of England

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 751-759

  Stanmore, Emma ^a   Waterman, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generic workers; New roles; Nursing; Older people; Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation Assistants; Support workers; Therapists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE CHANGE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; PATIENTS; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; ROLE;

EID: 34247557507     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600902836     Document Type: Article

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