Core Functions of Nursing Home Social Services Departments in the United States

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75.e1-75.e7

  Bern Klug, Mercedes ^a   Kramer, Katherine W O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care; Nursing facility; Social work; Staffing

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871703367     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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