Caring for the carers: The characteristics of district nursing support for family carers

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-24

  Gerrish, Kate ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

district nursing; ethnography; family carer; support

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011484586     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423607000515     Document Type: Article

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