Racism Reported by Direct Care Workers in Long-Term Care Settings

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 92-98

  Ejaz, Farida K ^a   Rentsch, Julie H ^a   Noelker, Linda S ^a   Castora Binkley, Melissa ^b  

^a Benjamin Rose Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Home health agencies and assisted living; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862558747     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-011-9045-3     Document Type: Article

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