What is the impact on individual health of services in general practice settings which offer welfare benefits advice?

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Abbott, Stephen ^a   Hobby, Lindsay ^b   Cotter, Sarah ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Primary care; SF 36; Welfare benefits advice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 33644877097     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2005.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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