Balancing parents' and very young children's rights in care proceedings: Decision-making in the context of the Human Rights Act 1998

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-234

  Munro, Emily R ^a   Ward, Harriet ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care proceedings; Children's rights; Decision making; Looked after children; Parental rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849107570     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2007.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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