Service user participation in diverse child protection contexts: Principles for practice

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 420-430

  Healy, Karen ^a   Darlington, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child protection; Children; Parents; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350507293     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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