Overuse of institutional care for children in Europe

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7539, 2006, Pages 485-487

  Browne, Kevin ^a   Hamilton Giachritsis, Catherine ^a   Johnson, Rebecca ^a   Ostergren, Mikael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EUROPE; FAMILY; FOSTER CARE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CHILD; CHILD CARE; EUROPE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION;

EID: 33644781481     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.485     Document Type: Note

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