Treatment foster care for improving outcomes in children and young people: A systematic review

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 501-527

  Turner, William ^a   Macdonald, Geraldine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behavioral problems; child welfare; delinquency; foster care; mental health; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961142385     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731511400434     Document Type: Review

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