Child welfare workers: Who they are and how they view the child welfare system

Child Welfare

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-103

  Zell, Maristela C ^a  

^a GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 33645682049     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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