Understanding why carers' Assessments do not always take place

Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-28

  Scourfield, Peter ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carer assessment; Carers; Family care; Informal care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050174680     PISSN: 09503153     EISSN: 17424909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09503150500058017     Document Type: Article

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