It is a scandal!: Comparing the causes and consequences of nursing home media scandals in five countries

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-18

  Lloyd, Liz ^a   Banerjee, Albert ^b   Harrington, Charlene ^c   Jacobsen, Frode F ^d   Szebehely, Marta ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Long term care; Mass media; Nursing homes; Ownership; Policy; Privatisation; Regulation; Scandal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897421579     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJSSP-03-2013-0034     Document Type: Article

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