Means without ends: justifying supportive home care for frail older people in Canada, 1990-2010

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1066-1080

  Ceci, Christine ^a   Purkis, Mary Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Justification practices; Older people; Public policy; Supportive home care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSUMER; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS;

EID: 80455164766     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01344.x     Document Type: Article

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