Health Care Assistants in Home Nursing: The Holy Grail or the Emperor’s New Clothes? A Qualitative Study

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 51-56

  De Vliegher, Kristel ^a,b   Declercq, Anja ^a   Aertgeerts, Bert ^a   Moons, Philip ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Wit Gele Kruis West Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Belgium; experiences; health care assistants; home care; qualitative study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953790881     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: 15526739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822315589563     Document Type: Article

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