When and how does ethnicity matter? A cross-national study of social work responses to ethnicity in child protection cases

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 901-920

  Williams, Charlotte ^a   Soydan, Haluk ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child protection; Ethnicity; Professional judgements; Social work practice; Vignette study

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144523448     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch281     Document Type: Article

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