What does client satisfaction tell us about effectiveness?

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 262-274

  Trotter, Chris ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Client satisfaction; Effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149095573     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.1038     Document Type: Article

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