Towards a family support approach with drug-using parents: The importance of social worker attitudes and knowledge

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-28

  Adams, Paul ^a  

^a Bromley Child Care Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug use; Family support; Parenting; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845994874     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199901/02)8:1<15::AID-CAR494>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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