The single assessment process in primary care: Older people's accounts of the process

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1043-1058

  Powell, Jackie ^a   Robison, Judy ^a   Roberts, Helen ^c   Thomas, Gwen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Interdependence; Older people; Single assessment process

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249155362     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl032     Document Type: Article

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