Do you speak english? Language barriers in child protection social work with minority ethnic families

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 807-821

  Chand, Ashok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Interpretation services; Interpreters; Language; Minority ethnic families

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144486673     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch205     Document Type: Article

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