The personal support worker program standard in Ontario: An alternative to self-regulation?

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 20-26

  Kelly, Christine ^a   Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATION; CANADA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; OCCUPATION; WORKER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; NURSING ASSISTANT; ONTARIO; SELF CONTROL; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSES' AIDES; ONTARIO; SELF-CONTROL;

EID: 84954208454     PISSN: 17156572     EISSN: 17156580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2016.24450     Document Type: Review

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