Evaluation of the Contact Family Service in Sweden

Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 291-306

  Andersson, Gunvor ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84954216696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470013362.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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