Breakdown of care: The case of Danish teenage placements

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-56

  Egelund, Tine ^a   Vitus, Kathrine ^a  

^a Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfaerd   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breakdown of care; Denmark; Policy implications; Teenage placements

Indexed keywords

EID: 57549089387     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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