Mental health, risk communication and data quality in the electronic age

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-487

  Langan, Joan ^a,b  

^a School for Policy Studies   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic records; Risk assessment; Risk information; Service user involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249103509     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm129     Document Type: Article

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