‘By Listening Hard’: Developing a Service-User Feedback System for Adopted and Fostered Children in Receipt of Mental Health Services

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 19-33

  Davies, Julie ^a   Wright, John ^b   Drake, Susan ^b   Bunting, Jennifer ^b  

^a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adoption; CAMHS; children in care; psychological therapy; user views

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956229645     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590903300404     Document Type: Article

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