Reflective practice in contemporary child-care social work: The role of containment

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 659-680

  Ruch, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Containment; Knowledge; Reflective practice; Safe spaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249141481     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bisw/bch277     Document Type: Article

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