Improving home care quality: An individual-centred approach

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 15-24

  Patmore, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home care; Individuals' preferences; Older people; Quality; Social Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251529909     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200100019     Document Type: Article

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