Establishing a welfare advice service in family practices: Views of advice workers and primary care staff

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 513-519

  Greasley, Peter ^a   Small, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family practice; Primary care; Social welfare; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COUNSELING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 26444592293     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi047     Document Type: Article

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