The nature of social work services in a large public medical center serving an impoverished multicultural population

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 47-63

  Subramanian, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment instrument; Impoverished; Multicultural; Social work services; University of Southern California

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0033793174     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v31n02_05     Document Type: Article

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