Paying the piper and calling the tune: Power and the direct payment relationship

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 188-206

  Leece, Janet ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Direct employment; Direct payments; Homecare; Power; User controlled support

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649104074     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn085     Document Type: Article

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