Visibility and 'child view' in the assessment process of social work: Cross-national comparisons

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-325

  Nybom, Jenny ^a  

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child as client; Child focus; Child protection; Child view; Child welfare; Cross national comparisons; Vignette study

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844528588     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-6866.2005.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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