Policy Roots and Practice Growth: Evaluating Family Support on the West Coast of Ireland

Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 253-269

  Canavan, John ^a,b   Dolan, Pat ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Western Health Board ^*  (Ireland)

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EID: 34547360182     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470013362.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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