Social services in Sweden: An overview of policy issues, devolution, and collaboration

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-234

  Holosko, Michael J ^a   Holosko, Deborah Ann ^b   Spencer, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Erie St Clair Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration realities; Devolution; Social services; Sweden; Trends

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL WORK; TREND ANALYSIS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; SWEDEN; TAXES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 62249126330     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802595299     Document Type: Review

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