Health care policies for children in out-of-home care

Child Welfare

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 325-350

  Risley Curtiss, Christina ^a   Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 0035348685     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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