Building alliances between social workers and family caregivers

Journal of Social Work in Long Term Care

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 3-17

  Levine, Carol ^a   Kuerbis, Alexis ^a  

^a United Hospital Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissions; Caregiving; Discharge planning; Long term care; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937385811     PISSN: 15332624     EISSN: 15332632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J181v01n04_02     Document Type: Article

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