Film portrayals of social workers doing child welfare work

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 455-471

  Valentine, Deborah P ^a   Freeman, Miriam ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Welfare; Media; Popular Culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248607001     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021145713542     Document Type: Article

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