Who gets services and who does not? Multi-level approach to the decision for ongoing child welfare or referral to specialized services

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 983-988

  Jud, A ^a   Fallon, B ^b   Trocme N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Organizational context; Service provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858792688     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.030     Document Type: Article

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