Envisioning Quality Psychosocial Care in Nursing Homes: The Role of Social Work

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 800-805

  Simons, Kelsey ^a   Bern Klug, Mercedes ^b   An, Sofia ^c  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Psychosocial care; Quality assurance; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868344965     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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