The Integrated Children's System and disabled children

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-285

  Mitchell, Wendy ^a   Sloper, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment review; Disabled children; Electronic databases; Families with disabled children; Integrated children's system; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349608118     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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