A topography of self-help groups: An empirical analysis

Social Work

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-165

  Wituk, Scott ^c   Shepherd, Matthew D ^a   Slavich, Susan ^b   Warren, Mary L ^b   Meissen, Greg ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Self Help Network of Kansas   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Grassroots organizations; Mutual aid; Self help groups; Support groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SELF HELP;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 0034145530     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/45.2.157     Document Type: Article

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