Voices of African American Families: Perspectives on Residential Treatment

Social Work

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 461-470

  Kruzich, Jean M ^a   Friesen, Barbara J ^b   Williams Murphy, Tracy ^c   Longley, M J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c McDougal Lettell Publishing Company   (United States)

^d Youth Opportunity Program   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Children; Cultural competence; Families; Mental health; Residential treatment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC;

EID: 0036777922     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/47.4.461     Document Type: Review

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