A typology for establishing social work staffing patterns within an emergency room

Crisis Intervention and Time-Limited Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-188

  Boes, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis intervention; Emergency room; Staffing typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031491318     PISSN: 10645136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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