Caregiving heuristics: Valuable practitioner knowledge in the context of managing residential care

Qualitative Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-363

  McCrea, Katherine Tyson ^a   Bulanda, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b AURORA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical decision making; heuristics; management in residential care; reflective practice; tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957267379     PISSN: 14733250     EISSN: 17413117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473325010367818     Document Type: Article

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