The Emerging Role of the Specialist Nurse: Promoting the Health of Looked after Children

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 35-43

  Hill, Catherine ^a   Wright, Vanessa ^b   Sampeys, Carolyn ^c   Dunnett, Kathy ^b   Daniel, Sue ^d   O’Dell, Lesley ^e   Watkins, Janet ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Looked After Children   (United Kingdom)

^c Looked After Children   (United Kingdom)

^d Looked After Children   (United Kingdom)

^e School Nursing and Health Visiting   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health of looked after children; nurse led assessments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937382534     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590202600406     Document Type: Article

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