Hearing the child

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-399

  Archard, David ^a   Skivenes, Marit ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child protection (policy and practice); Children's rights; Social work ethics; Youth policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350516113     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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