The ties that bind? Social networks of nursing staff and staff's behaviour towards residents with dementia

Social Networks

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 347-356

  van Beek, Adriana P A ^a   Wagner, Cordula ^a,b   Frijters, Dinnus H M ^b   Ribbe, Miel W ^b   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Interpersonal relations; Long term care; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880602387     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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