Welfare rights advice in primary care: Prevalence processes and specialist provision

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-53

  Harding, Richard ^b   Sherr, Lorraine ^b   Sherr, Avrom ^a   Moorhead, Richard ^a   Singh, Surinder ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advice; General practice; Inequalities; Welfare rights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTAL MAIL; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURGERY; WELFARE; WELLBEING;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 12244276755     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/20.1.48     Document Type: Article

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