From culture clash to new possibilities: A harm reduction approach to family violence and child protection services

Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-363

  Shlonsky, Aron ^a   Friend, Colleen ^b   Lambert, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Domestic violence; Evidence based practice; Harm reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649000359     PISSN: 14743310     EISSN: 14743329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brief-treatment/mhm015     Document Type: Review

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