The association of team composition and meeting characteristics with foster care placement recommendations

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 297-310

  Crea, Thomas M ^a   Wildfire, Judith B ^b   Usher, Charles L ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Family involvement; Foster care; Placement changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449671402     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01488370903110803     Document Type: Article

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