The role of social work in cross-professional teamwork: Examples from an older people's team in England

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-134

  Melin Emilsson, Ulla ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross professional; older people; social work; teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872705704     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr185     Document Type: Article

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