Staff Training in Assisted Living: Evaluating Treatment Fidelity
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1064-7481
DOI: 10.1097/jgp.0b013e3181c37b0e