Key worker services for disabled children: The views of parents

Children and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 162-174

  Greco, Veronica ^a   Sloper, Patricia ^a   Webb, Rosemary ^a   Beecham, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247092772     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2006.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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