Case Advocacy in Child Welfare

Social Work

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 392-402

  Litzelfelner, Pat ^a   Petr, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; CASA; Child abuse and neglect; Child welfare

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD WELFARE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; WORK;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD WELFARE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031178784     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/42.4.392     Document Type: Article

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