Rethinking the Process of Specialist Assessments for Looked after Children1

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 29-38

  Hindle, Debbie ^a  

^a Scottish Inst of Human Relations   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child and adolescent mental health services; direct work with children; specialist assessments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937334434     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590102500305     Document Type: Article

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