Caregivers' work satisfaction and individualised care in care settings for older people

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 479-490

  Suhonen, Riitta ^a   Charalambous, Andreas ^b   Stolt, Minna ^a   Katajisto, Jouko ^a   Puro, Markku ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c Forssa Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged care; Individualised care; Individuality; Nursing; Older people; Quantitative approaches; Questionnaire; Survey; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027927156     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04052.x     Document Type: Article

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