Civilian social work: Serving the military and veteran populations

Social Work

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-339

  Savitsky, Laura ^a   Illingworth, Maria ^b   Dulaney, Megan ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deployment cycle; Mental health; Military; Social work; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950779689     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/54.4.327     Document Type: Article

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