Poverty, child maltreatment, and foster care

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 296-303

  McGuinness, Teena M ^a   Schneider, Kristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of South Alabama Children's and Women's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Foster care; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548996229     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390307308421     Document Type: Article

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