Family centres: a focus for the children in need debate

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-208

  Batchelor, ^a   Gould, ^a   Wright, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children in need; family centre; support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84937178788     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.1999.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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