Developing congruent children's services to improve child well-being

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-44

  Axford, Nick ^a  

^a Dartington Service Design Lab   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's services; Need; Poverty; Quality of life; Rights; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149348365     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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