Utilization of health social work services by older immigrants and veterans in Israel

Health and Social Work

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-251

  Auslander, Gail K ^a   Soskolne, Varda ^b,c   Ben Shahar, Ilana ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health care; Immigrants; Israel; Service utilization; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944452727     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/30.3.241     Document Type: Review

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