Performance targets and stability of placements for children long looked after away from home

Children and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 333-346

  Ward, Harriet ^a   Skuse, Tricia ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Dartington Service Design Lab   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85016374821     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chi.673     Document Type: Article

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