The parents with children in foster care satisfaction scale

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 15-27

  Harris, Gardenia ^a   Poertner, John ^a   Joe, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's services; Client satisfaction; Feedback; Foster care; Outcome measures; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039925396     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v24n02_02     Document Type: Article

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