The political and economic context of home care work in California;El contexto político y económico del trabajo de cuidado en casa en california

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Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 441-464

  Delp, Linda ^a   Muntaner, Carles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TRADE UNION; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; LONG-TERM CARE; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79958856588     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.20.4.d     Document Type: Article

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