Improving health services for foster youth: Multidisciplinary and multistakeholder perspectives and recommendations

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-328

  Schneiderman, Janet U ^a   Brooks, Devon ^a   Facher, Barbara ^b   Amis, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Alliance for Children's Rights ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic health problem; Foster children; Health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846827346     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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