Racism and sexism in child welfare: Effects on women of color as mothers and practitioners

Child Welfare

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-288

  Woldeguiorguis, Isa M ^a  

^a Domestic Violence Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038652059     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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