Overlooked and under-served? Promoting service use and engagement among 'hard-to-reach' populations

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 351-360

  Cortis, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child and family services; New public management; Non governmental organisations; Practice with marginalised groups; Qualitative methods; Service delivery; Social exclusion; Vulnerable service users

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865660300     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2011.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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