Medical versus social work-places: Constructing and compensating the personal support worker across health care settings in Ontario, Canada

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-299

  Lilly, Meredith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Home care; Labour remuneration; Long term care; Ontario, Canada; Public Private

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; LABOR MARKET; PUBLIC HEALTH; WAGE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 46149153135     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690801996288     Document Type: Article

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