Engaging families in child welfare services: An evidence-based approach to best practice

Child Welfare

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 293-317

  Dawson, Kari ^a,b   Berry, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Northcare Hospice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036517006     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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