Making decisions about who should be barred from working with adults in vulnerable situations: The need for social work understanding

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 290-310

  Stevens, Martin ^a   Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Martineau, Stephen ^a   Hussein, Shereen ^b   Rapaport, Joan ^a   Harris, Jess ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Regulation; Safeguarding; Social care

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649147368     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn135     Document Type: Article

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