Personal assistance providers' mistreatment of disabled adults

Health and Social Work

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-188

  Oktay, Julianne S ^a   Tompkins, Catherine J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Council on Social Work Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Adults; Disability; Mistreatment; Personal assistance services

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NEGLECT; PATIENT CARE; THEFT;

EID: 4544262580     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/29.3.177     Document Type: Article

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