Social workers' and students' attitudes toward electronic tracking of people with Alzheimer's disease

Social Work Education

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 541-557

  Werner, Shirli ^a   Landau, Ruth ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Electronic Tracking Systems; Global Positioning Systems; Social Work Education; Social Work Students; Social Workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053464469     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2010.508090     Document Type: Article

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