Children's views of family group conferences

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 671-681

  Bell, Margaret ^a   Wilson, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's views; Family group conferences; Listening to children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745631200     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch421     Document Type: Review

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