Workforce issues in residential care facilities in rural China

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-242

  Wu, Bei ^a   Caro, Francis G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

China workforce; Long term care; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350751371     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763890903035597     Document Type: Article

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