Impact of scottish vocational qualifications on residential child care: Have they fulfilled the promise?

Social Work Education

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-197

  Heron, Gavin ^a   Chakrabarti, Mono ^a  

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EID: 84992775823     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470220126426     Document Type: Article

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