Health care assistants-An oxymoron?

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1283-1284

  McKenna, Hugh ^a   Thompson, David ^b   Watson, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care assistants; Nursing assistants; Nursing auxillaries; Professional regulation; Role drift; Skill mix

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF;

EID: 34548815259     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

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