Engaging families in child welfare services: Worker versus client perspectives

Child Welfare

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 41-61

  Altman, Julie Cooper ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEW YORK CITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 61549115925     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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