Comparison of parents' and social workers' assessments of the quality of life of children at risk

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 711-719

  Davidson Arad, Bilha ^a   Kaznelson, Hagith ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assessments; Children at risk; Parents; Quality of life; Removing from home

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953543389     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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