Risk and liminality in mental health social work

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 387-399

  Warner, Joanne ^a   Gabe, Jonathan ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Race'; Liminality; Mental health; Otherness; Risk; Social work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONALITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 11444264416     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570412331323261     Document Type: Article

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