Implementing the Single Assessment Process: Driving Change or Expecting the Impossible?

Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 18-30

  Mcnally, David ^a   Cornes, Michelle ^b   Clough, Roger ^c  

^a Knowsley Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b AGE UK   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care Management; Health and Social Care; Older People; Single Assessment; Targets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993104387     PISSN: 14769018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14769018200300024     Document Type: Review

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