Voluntarism and long-term care in the countryside: The paradox of a threadbare sector

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-203

  Skinner, Mark W ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geographies of voluntarism; Health care; Ontario; Restructuring; Rural areas; Seniors; Voluntary sector

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 44649117026     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2008.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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