When the rehabilitation ideal fails: A study of parental rights termination

Child Welfare

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 405-431

  Wattenberg, Esther ^a,c   Kelley, Meghan ^b   Kim, Hyungmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MN Assoc Co Social Serv A   (United States)

^c School of Social Work   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CIVIL RIGHTS; CUSTODY; DEMOGRAPHY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MOTHER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIVIL RIGHTS; DEMOGRAPHY; FATHERS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 0035406394     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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