Collaboration between general practitioners and social workers: a scoping review

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Aim of the study is to present an overview of collaboration structures and processes between general practitioners and social workers, the target groups addressed as well the quality of available scientific literature.

Design

A scoping review following the guidelines of the PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews).

Included sources and articles

According to a pre-published protocol, three databases (PubMed, Web of Science, DZI SoLit) were searched using the participant-concept-context framework. The searches were performed on 21 January 2021 and on 10 August 2021. Literature written in English and German since the year 2000 was included. Two independent researchers screened all abstra

SUBMITTER: Lowe C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9171253 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature