Evaluating group work within a summer camp intervention for children and adolescents with asthma

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-221

  Nicholas, David B ^a   Williams, Martha ^b   MacLusky, Ian B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Children; Group work; Residential summer camp

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649090204     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01609510802527425     Document Type: Article

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