Fifteen years of family group conferencing: Coordinators talk about their experiences in aotearoa New Zealand

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 523-540

  Connolly, Marie ^a,b  

^a Department of Child Youth and Family Services   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child protection; Family group decision making; Participatory practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745593019     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch273     Document Type: Article

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