Giving voice to experiences: Parental maltreatment of black children in the context of societal racism

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 239-251

  Bernard, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Emotional well being; Maltreatment; Racism

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842542004     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2002.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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