Social service staffing in U.S. nursing homes

Social Service Review

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 633-650

  Gammonley, Denise ^a   Zhang, Ning Jackie ^a   Frahm, Kathryn ^b   Paek, Seung Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 77949288268     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650350     Document Type: Article

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