Managed Care and People with Severe Mental Illness: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Work

Health and Social Work

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 196-201

  Shera, Wes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumers; Managed care; Mental health services; Severe mental illness

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; WORK;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030203486     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/21.3.196     Document Type: Article

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