What the family brings: Gathering evidence for strengths-based work

Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-284

  Allison, Steve ^a   Stacey, Kathleen ^b   Dadds, Vicki ^b   Roeger, Leigh ^b   Wood, Andrew ^b   Martin, Graham ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0043169323     PISSN: 01634445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.00248     Document Type: Review

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