Welfare benefits' screening and referral: A new direction for community nurses?

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 390-397

  Hoskins, Robert ^a   Carter, Diana E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community nurses; Income inequality; Primary care; Wealth and health; Welfare benefit uptake projects; Welfare benefits screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034357129     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2000.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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