'Floating support': Implications for interprofessional working

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-322

  Sharples, Ann ^a   Gibson, Sarah ^a   Galvin, Kathleen ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community workers; Housing support; Information sharing; Interagency working; Mental health; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CARE; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0036856239     PISSN: 13561820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1356182021000008247     Document Type: Article

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