Scale as an explanatory concept: Evaluating Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit

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Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 457-467

  Giesbrecht, Melissa ^a   Crooks, Valorie A ^a   Williams, Allison ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Compassionate Care Benefit; Family caregiving; Scale; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE PROVISION;

CANADA;

EID: 78049503681     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2010.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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