Afraid to care; unable to care: A critical ethnography within a long-term care home

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-426

  DeForge, Ryan ^a   van Wyk, Paula ^a   Hall, Jodi ^a   Salmoni, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 80052560422     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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