'Race', ethnicity and child welfare: A fine balancing act

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1425-1434

  Barn, Ravinder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Culture; Ethnicity; Multiculturalism; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349095884     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm145     Document Type: Article

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