Social work at the heart of the medical team

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Kitchen, Alice ^a,b   Brook, Jody ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge planning; Multidisciplinary team; Social work role on medical team

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MISSOURI; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 22944489608     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v40n04_01     Document Type: Review

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