Organisational Culture in Residential Aged Care Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Etherton Beer, Christopher ^a   Venturato, Lorraine ^b,c   Horner, Barbara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RSL Care   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; TEAMWORK; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874690087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058002     Document Type: Article

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