Nurse’s aides in nursing homes: Perceptions of training, work loads, racism, and abuse issues

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 1994, Pages 95-112

  Mercer, Susan O ^a   Heacock, Patricia ^b   Beck, Cornelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

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EID: 34248613352     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083V21N01_07     Document Type: Article

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