Child welfare interventions: Patterns of social work practice

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1575-1597

  Hayes, David ^a   Spratt, Trevor ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Child welfare; Children and families

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949112748     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn098     Document Type: Article

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