Professional social workers views on self-neglect: An exploratory study

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 725-743

  Day, Mary Rose ^a   McCarthy, Geraldine ^a   Leahy Warren, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Elder Abuse Services; self neglect; senior case workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862991051     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr082     Document Type: Article

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