Respect or Empowerment?: Alternative Understandings of ‘Listening’ in Childcare Social Work

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 43-52

  McLeod, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication; empowerment; listening to children; looked after children; participation; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547276265     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590603000407     Document Type: Article

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