Substantiation and early decision points in public child welfare: A conceptual reconsideration

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 227-235

  Drake, Brett ^a,b,c   Jonson Reid, Melissa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c Missouri Department of Family Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034252933     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559500005003003     Document Type: Article

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