Wicked problems or wicked people? Reconceptualising institutional abuse

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 514-528

  Burns, Diane ^a   Hyde, Paula ^b   Killett, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutional abuse; Older people; Residential care; Wicked problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877588188     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01511.x     Document Type: Article

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