Patterns of re-referral to social services: A study of 400 closed cases

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-21

  Forrester, Donald ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug misuse; Neglect; Re referral; Referral; Social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845808679     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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