Understanding nursing home worker conceptualizations about good care

Gerontologist

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 246-254

  Chung, Gawon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Nursing home workers; Nursing homes; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84874865007     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns117     Document Type: Article

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