Training 'adoption smart' professionals

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 463-467

  Foli, K J ^a   Gibson, G C ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79955519710     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01715.x     Document Type: Article

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