An overview of home care in Canada: Its past, present, and potential

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 382-390

  Sharkey, Shirlee ^a   Larsen, Lesley ^a   Mildon, Barb ^a  

^a Saint Elizabeth Health Care ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Canada health act; Consumerism; Home care; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649107038     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822303252401     Document Type: Article

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