Skills-Enhancement Training Program for Home Care Providers: Implications for Redefining Quality Care

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 312-322

  Coogle, Constance L ^a   Jablonski, Rita ^b   Rachel, Jason A ^a   Parham, Iris A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bereavement; person centered care; professional development; staff empowerment; stress management

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449109505     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: 15526739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822307310762     Document Type: Article

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