Moral Consciousness and Decision-Making in Child and Family Social Work

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 61-70

  Houston, Stan ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

advocacy; children; decision making; ethics; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248607363     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590302700310     Document Type: Article

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