Who hires social workers? Structural and contextual determinants of social service staffing in nursing homes

Health and Social Work

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 15-23

  Roberts, Amy Restorick ^a   Bowblis, John R ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hiring decisions; Interprofessional teams; Nursing homes; Social services

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CERTIFICATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN AREA; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014326080     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/hlw058     Document Type: Article

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