Implementing the single assessment process: Opportunities and challenges

Journal of Interprofessional Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-379

  Dickinson, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Older people; Policy implementation; Single assessment process

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; RECORDING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 33747178079     PISSN: 13561820     EISSN: 14699567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13561820600807270     Document Type: Article

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