Union certification elections in nursing care facilities

Health Care Manager

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 311-317

  Palthe, Jennifer ^a   Deshpande, Satish P ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elections; Nursing care; Unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026172574     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126450-200310000-00004     Document Type: Article

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