Unified assessment: Policy, implementation and practice

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 207-225

  Seddon, Diane ^a   Robinson, Catherine ^b   Perry, Jenny ^a  

^a Institute of Medical and Social Care Research   (United Kingdom)

^b All Wales Alliance for Research and Development in Health and Social Care (AWARD)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Care co ordination; Domain approach; Outcome focused; Person centred

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649112060     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn097     Document Type: Article

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