Evaluation research on social work interventions: A study on the impact of social worker staffing

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Beder, Joan ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Dialysis; Quality of life; Renal disease; Social worker staffing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 58149153026     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380801970590     Document Type: Article

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