| Description |
xiii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction: Converging Trends / Susan Allen -- Ch. 2. Defining the Service Needs of Frail Older Persons / Robert L. Kane and Chad Boult -- Ch. 3. Health and Social Service Use by the Frail Elderly / William G. Weissert and Katherine M. Harris -- Ch. 4. Organization of Health and Social Services for the Frail Elderly / Carroll L. Estes and Liz Close -- Ch. 5. Impact of Seven Chronic Conditions / Lois M. Verbrugge and Donald L. Patrick -- Ch. 6. Organization and Use of Services by the Chronically Medically Ill / James R. Knickman and Jan Blustein -- Ch. 7. Health and Social Services Needs for Adults With Physical Disabilities / Mitchell P. LaPlante -- Ch. 8. Trends in Services Directed to Working-Age People With Physical Disabilities / Gerben DeJong and Ruth Brannont -- Ch. 9. Service Needs of Persons With Mental Retardation and Other Development Disabilities / Gary B. Seltzer and Elizabeth Lehr Essex |
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Ch. 10. Service Use and Delivery for Persons With Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities / Marsha Mailick Seltzer -- Ch. 11. Service Needs of Individuals With Chronic Mental Illness / Elizabeth A. Skinner, M. Ellen O'Neill and Howard H. Goldman -- Ch. 12. Patterns of Health and Social Service Use Among People With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness / Judith D. Kasper, Donald M. Steinwachs and Laurie M. Flynn -- Ch. 13. Developing Integrated Mental Health Service Delivery Systems / Gail K. Robinson and Cindy Brach -- Ch. 14. Service Needs of Children With Impairments / I. B. Pless -- Ch. 15. Services for Children With Chronic Physical Disorders and Their Families / James M. Perrin -- Ch. 16. A Modern Lexicon of Disability / Vincent Mor -- Ch. 17. People and Systems: Assessing the Fit / Susan Allen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Services for -- United States.
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People with disabilities -- Medical care -- United States.
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| Author |
Allen, Susan, 1949-
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Mor, Vincent.
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| LC no. |
97047018 |
| ISBN |
0826111688 |
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