Staff qualifications and ratios in children's homes: Are they the key to the outcomes of care?

Policy and Politics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-198

  Sinclair, Ian ^a   Gibbs, Ian ^a  

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CHILD WELFARE; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 0033062534     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557399782227263     Document Type: Article

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