Unheard voices: Complaint patterns of older persons in the health care system

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-71

  Doron, Israel ^a   Gal, Iddo ^a   Shavit, Maya ^a   Weisberg Yosub, Pnina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elder rights; Health care quality; Patient satisfaction; Service complaints

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952252784     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-011-0177-5     Document Type: Article

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