The role of education and training in achieving change in care homes: A literature review

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 411-433

  Nolan, Mike ^a   Davies, Sue ^b   Brown, Jayne ^c   Wilkinson, Anna ^b   Warnes, Tony ^a   Mckee, Kevin ^a   Flannery, Jo ^d   Stasi, Karen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care homes; change; education; relationship centred care; review

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84988443518     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987108095162     Document Type: Article

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