Constructing the 'ideal' family for family-centred practice: Challenges for delivery

Disability and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-186

  Dodd, Jenny ^a   Saggers, Sherry ^a   Wildy, Helen ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health professionals; Family ideology; Family relationships with professionals; Family centred practice; Involvement; Professional boundaries; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249221559     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590802652447     Document Type: Article

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