Making explicit the implicit: Child life dpecialists talk about their assessment process

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-54

  Turner, Joan C ^a   Fralic, Jessica ^a  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child care; Child life; Professional practice; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749124115     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-009-9066-x     Document Type: Article

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