Working with parental substance misuse: Dilemmas for practice

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1115-1132

  Taylor, Andy ^b   Kroll, Brynna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Assessment; Inter agency practice; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844272468     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch132     Document Type: Article

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