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Residential care in Australia, Part II: A review of recent literature and emerging themes to inform service development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2012

Howard Bath
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Abstract

This is the second of a two-part discussion about the development of residential care services in Australia. It contains a review of some of the recent literature on residential care from Australia, the UK, Canada and the USA. It concludes with a look at the major themes and issues that emerge from this literature as well as the service trends and developments canvassed in Part I.

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Children Australia , Volume 33 , Issue 2: SPECIAL EDITION: The future of residential care in Australia , 2008 , pp. 18 - 36
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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