JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 4-10 , January 2009

Staff Assignment Practices in Nursing Homes: Review of the Literature

  • Anna Rahman, MSW

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology and Gerontology, Miami University, Oxford, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Anna Rahman, MSW, 8550 Willow Run Court, Cincinnati, OH 45243
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  • Jane K. Straker, MGS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, Oxford, OH
    • ,
  • Lydia Manning, MGS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology and Gerontology, Miami University, Oxford, OH

References 

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest relating to this article.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00276-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.08.010

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