Bureaucracy or professionalism? The work tools of child protection services

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 165-174

  Egelund, T ^a  

^a School of Social Work   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Child abuse; Child protection services; Diagnosis process; Professionalism; Treatment process; Work tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842553797     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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