Good, bad, thwarted or addicted? Discourses of substance-using mothers

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-234

  Reid, Colleen ^a   Greaves, Lorraine ^a   Poole, Nancy ^a  

^a British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Discourse analysis; Health policy; Mothering motherhood; Substance use

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; DRUG USER; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL EFFECT;

EID: 41549140131     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018307087990     Document Type: Article

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