Client satisfaction and empowerment through social work intervention

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 37-56

  Walsh, Tamara ^a   Lord, Bruce ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Client satisfaction; Consumer feedback; Empowerment; Evolution of social work; Referral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2942625478     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v38n04_03     Document Type: Article

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