Advancing the argument for validity of the Alberta Context Tool with healthcare aides in residential long-term care

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Estabrooks, Carole ^a   Squires, Janet ^b   Hayduk, Leslie ^a   Cummings, Greta ^a   Norton, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960555897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-107     Document Type: Article

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