Good intentions, increased inequities: Developing social care services in Emergency Departments in the UK

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 460-467

  Bywaters, Paul ^a   Mcleod, Eileen ^a   Fisher, Joanne ^b   Cooke, Matthew ^b,c,d   Swann, Garry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c National Clinical Director for Urgent and Emergency Care   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Health inequalities; Health policy; Multidisciplinary; Practice development; Social care

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 79960743048     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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