Identifying families with multiple problems: Perspectives of practitioners and managers in three nations

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 418-434

  Spratt, Trevor ^a   Devaney, John ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Child welfare; International comparisons; Multi problem families; System output measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249086898     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm151     Document Type: Article

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