Family support and the Scottish children's hearings system

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 273-283

  McGhee, Janice ^a   Waterhouse, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's hearings system; Family support; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248599411     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2002.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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