Integrating social workers into primary care: Physician and nurse perceptions of roles, benefits, and challenges

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 579-596

  Keefe, Bronwyn ^a   Geron, Scott Miyake ^a   Enguidanos, Susan ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interdisciplinary teams; Older adults; Primary care; Social work

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL WORK;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 70449687101     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380902765592     Document Type: Article

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