Managing residential childcare: A managed service

Managing Residential Childcare: A Managed Service

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-235

  Whipp, Richard ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Ian ^c   Kitchener, Martin ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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