The integration of health and social care: The lessons from Northern Ireland

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-66

  Heenan, Deirdre ^a   Birrell, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care; Integration; Professionalism; Social care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646000812     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2006.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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