Users' Views of Looked after Children's Mental Health Services

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 53-63

  Beck, Alison ^a  

^a SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

looked after children; mental health; qualitative; service user

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249167071     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590603000207     Document Type: Article

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