Bureaucracy's impact on decision making in long-term care.
Are decisions about the most effective services for a client influenced by factors other than the client's needs, available resources, and the social worker's skill and judgment? This study of social workers in two social welfare agencies in Israel examines how practice settings affect workers' decisions and suggests that environmental variables have a pervasive impact.
D000368:Aged; D003153:Community Health Services; D003657:Decision Making; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D007557:Israel; D008134:Long-Term Care; D012946:Social Welfare; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration