Key worker services for disabled children: The views of staff

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 445-452

  Greco, Veronica ^a   Sloper, Patricia ^a   Webb, Rosemary ^a   Beecham, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Children; Disability; Key workers; Multi agency working

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISABLED CHILDREN; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STATE MEDICINE; WALES;

EID: 33750318336     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00617.x     Document Type: Review

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