Care, control and change in child care proceedings: Dilemmas for social workers, managers and lawyers

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-32

  Dickens, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care Proceedings; Inter professional working; Lawyers; Managers; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645029051     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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