Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 850-854 , November 2009

Caregivers’ attitudes to education and supervision in work with the older people in a nursing home

  • Elisabeth Häggström

      Affiliations

    • Caring Sciences and Sociology, Gävle University, SE-801 76 Gävle, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 26 648222; fax: +46 26 648235.
    • ,
  • Åsa Bruhn

      Affiliations

    • Physiotherapist, University of Gävle SE-801 76 Gävle, Sweden
    • Tel.: +46 26 64 82 22; fax: +46 26 64 82 35.

,Accepted 11 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.05.002

Nurse Education Today
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 850-854 , November 2009

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