Child well-being through different lenses: Why concept matters

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-383

  Axford, Nick ^a  

^a Dartington Service Design Lab   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child poverty; Child welfare; Children in need; Children's rights; Social exclusion; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651152645     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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