Professionals assessing clients' needs and eligibility for electric scooters in the Netherlands: Both gatekeepers and clients' advocates

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 823-842

  Jörg, Frederike ^c   Boeije, Hennie R ^a   Schrijvers, Augustinus J P ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c CGZ Friesland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deservingness; Needs assessment; Professional autonomy; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144516659     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch279     Document Type: Article

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