Towards customized deliberations: Social work in medical care decision making

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 85-103

  Mendenhall, Matt ^a  

^a St Ambrose University School of Social Work   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Continuum of medical care; Customized deliberation; Empowerment; Medical care decision making; Patient provider relationships; Social work missions and values; Social worker role in hospitals

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023720158     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J200v02n04_05     Document Type: Article

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