State variations in nursing home social worker qualifications

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 379-409

  Bern Klug, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care; Nursing facilities; Nursing home; Psychosocial; Social services; Social work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; SOCIAL WORK; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149332404     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634370802039734     Document Type: Article

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