Knowledge and social work in health care- the case of Finland

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-278

  Bjorkenheim, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Knowledge seeking; Professional competence; Social work in health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL WORK;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84905779514     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v44n03_09     Document Type: Article

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