Current practice and policy realities revisited

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1-22

  Allen, Priscilla D ^a   Nelson, H Wayne ^b   Netting, F Ellen ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gerontology and social work education; Long term care; Nursing home social work

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449673393     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v45n04_01     Document Type: Article

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