Towards co-configuration in home care of the elderly: Cultivating agency by designing and implementing the mobility agreement

Activity Theory in Practice: Promoting Learning Across Boundaries and Agencies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 49-71

  Nummijoki, Jaana ^b   Engeström, Yrjö ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE

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EID: 84919506970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203609439     Document Type: Chapter

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