Ideal versus actual levels of decision-making in South Australian aged care resident committees

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-73

  Wilson, Leah ^a   Kirby, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Decision making; Group processes; Homes for the aged; Personal autonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248599713     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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