Selling social work by the pound? The pros and cons of agency care management

Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-15

  Carey, Malcolm ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency care managers; deskilling; flexible workforce; privatisation; work intensification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048996836     PISSN: 09503153     EISSN: 17424909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09503150600576736     Document Type: Article

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