Children’s residential treatment: Last resort or treatment of choice?

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 33-44

  Elson, Steven E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84937276777     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J007v14n02_03     Document Type: Article

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