Welfare benefit promotion within a district general hospital rheumatology centre: A joint project with the local citizens advice bureau

Musculoskeletal Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 211-220

  Fruin, Carole ^a   Pitt, P I ^a  

^a Orpington Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Health assessment questionnaire; Welfare benefit advice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 60249090153     PISSN: 14782189     EISSN: 15570681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msc.133     Document Type: Article

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