'There are wonderful social workers but it's a lottery': Older people's views about social workers

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1132-1150

  Manthorpe, Jill ^a,b   Moriarty, Jo ^b   Rapaport, Joan ^b   Clough, Roger ^c   Cornes, Michelle ^b   Bright, Les ^d   Iliffe, Steve ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Social Care Workforce Research Unit

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Medical School ^*

Author keywords

Older people; Professional role; Quality assurance; Satisfaction; Social work; User perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849120291     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl379     Document Type: Article

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