Using mediation to achieve permanency for children and families

Families in Society

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-239

  Landsman, Miriam J ^a   Thompson, Kathy ^b   Barber, Gail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Iowa Court Improvement Project ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0042031141     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.100     Document Type: Article

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