Blaming the helpers: The marginalization of teachers and parents of the urban poor

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 515-528

  Farber, Barry A ^a   Azar, Sandra T ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WELFARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARENTING; PARENTS; POVERTY; TEACHING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032721240     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080399     Document Type: Review

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