Integrating social workers into medical-legal partnerships: Comprehensive problem solving for patients

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 333-341

  Colvin, Jeffrey David ^a   Nelson, Brooke ^b   Cronin, Katie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Kansas School of Law   (United States)

Author keywords

health care; medical legal partnerships; social problems; social work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LAWYER; LEGAL ASPECT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LAWYERS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870883018     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/sws012     Document Type: Article

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