Family group decision making: Protecting children and women

Child Welfare

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-158

  Pennell, Joan ^a   Burford, Gale ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NEWFOUNDLAND; NORTH AMERICA; SOCIAL WORK; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 0034150157     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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