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The Impact on Service Collaboration of Colocation of Early Childhood Services in Tasmanian Child and Family Centres: An Ethnographic Study Cover

The Impact on Service Collaboration of Colocation of Early Childhood Services in Tasmanian Child and Family Centres: An Ethnographic Study

International Journal of Integrated Care
Volume 21 (2021): Issue 2
By: Kim Jose,  Catherine L. Taylor,  Rachael Jones,  Susan Banks,  Joel Stafford,  Stephen R. Zubrick,  M’Lynda Stubbs,  David B. Preen,  Alison Venn and  Emily Hansen  
Open Access
|Apr 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5581 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 7, 2020
Accepted on: Mar 21, 2021
Published on: Apr 29, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
early childhood services,
place based,
ethnography,
co-location,
collaboration,
Australia

© 2021 Kim Jose, Catherine L. Taylor, Rachael Jones, Susan Banks, Joel Stafford, Stephen R. Zubrick, M’Lynda Stubbs, David B. Preen, Alison Venn, Emily Hansen, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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