Risk management and aspirational ethics for parenting coordinators

Journal of Child Custody

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 23-43

  Kirkland, Karl ^a   Kirkland, Kale E ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Parenting coordinator ethics; Parenting coordinators; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746524274     PISSN: 15379418     EISSN: 1537940X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J190v03n02_02     Document Type: Review

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