The ethics and politics of home care

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 732-739

  Bjornsdottir, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Feminism; Gender; Home care nursing; New Public Management; Politics; Responsibility; Welfare services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOME CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; POLITICS;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOME CARE SERVICES; POLITICS;

EID: 62749195127     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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