'Can I come home?' The experiences of young runaways contacting the Message Home helpline

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-11

  Mitchell, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Child welfare; Helplines; Runaways; Throwaways

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248603511     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2003.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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