The affordable care act: New opportunities for social work to take leadership in behavioral health and addiction treatment

Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 415-438

  Lundgren, Lena ^a   Krull, Ivy ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction treatment; Affordable care act; Behavioral health; Integrated care; Social work and affordable care act; Swedish addiction treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949529444     PISSN: 23342315     EISSN: 1948822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679302     Document Type: Article

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