Judgements of social care professionals on elder abuse referrals: A factorial survey

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 814-832

  Killick, Campbell ^a   Taylor, Brian J ^b  

^a SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; elder abuse; factorial survey; Northern Ireland; professional judgement; referral; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864767312     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr109     Document Type: Review

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