Social work intervention in child abuse—an ever-widening net?

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-190

  Freeman, Isobel ^a  

^a Social Work Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Child welfare; Performance measurement; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000401538     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199608)5:3<181::AID-CAR257>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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