Identifying and assessing cases of child neglect: Learning from the Irish experience

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-110

  Horwath, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child neglect; Ireland; Referrals; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944504266     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2005.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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