'People who need people': Attachment and professional caregiving

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 38-47

  Schuengel, C ^a   Kef, S ^a   Damen, S ^b   Worm, M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Organisation for People with Visual Impairment and Intellectual Disability   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Direct care staff; Intellectual disability; Quality improvement; Staff client relationships; Workforce development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COUNSELING; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME MENTAL HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STAFF TRAINING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CAREGIVERS; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TEACHING;

EID: 77950476213     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2009.01236.x     Document Type: Article

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