Governance of partnership between health and social services: the experience in Somerset.
As one part of a larger study of the integration of mental health and social care, the present paper explores the role of the Joint Commissioning Board in the governance arrangements for health and social partnership in Somerset, UK. A short review of the literature on joint planning and joint commi...
| Published in: | Health & Social Care in the Community Vol. 10; no. 5; pp. 331 - 339 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2002
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