Quality of care: Expanding the social work dialogue

Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-124

  Megivern, Deborah M ^a   McMillen, J Curtis ^b   Proctor, Enola K ^b   Striley, Catherine L W ^c   Cabossa, Leopoldo J ^d   Munson, Michelle R ^e  

^a People Incorporated   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality improvement; Quality of care; Service quality; Social services delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250735084     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/52.2.115     Document Type: Article

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