Social welfare services for single parent families in hong kong: A paradox

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-52

  King, Lau Yuk ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong kong; Single parent families; Social welfare services

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248605816     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2003.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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