Prescribing welfare benefits advice in primary care: Is it a health intervention, and if so, what sort?

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 307-312

  Abbott, Stephen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Poverty; Primary care; Welfare benefits

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; POLICY; POVERTY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELFARE;

COST OF ILLNESS; COUNSELING; ENGLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0036932956     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/24.4.307     Document Type: Article

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