Child welfare and information and communication technology: Today's challenge

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1481-1498

  Tregeagle, Susan ^a,b   Darcy, Michael ^b  

^a Barnardos Australia ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Client participation; Information technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849132726     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm048     Document Type: Article

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