Offloading social care responsibilities: Recent experiences of local voluntary organisations in a remote urban centre in British Columbia, Canada

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-351

  Hanlon, Neil ^a   Rosenberg, Mark ^b   Clasby, Rachael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Local voluntary sector; Social care; Welfare restructuring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DISABLED PERSONS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; OUTSOURCED SERVICES; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 34250369652     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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