Resettlement and reintegration: Single mothers' reflections after homelessness

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-252

  Tischler, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Homelessness; Mothers; Reintegration; Resettlement

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649110342     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800802133628     Document Type: Article

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