Partnership and the limits of procedure: Prospects for relationships between parents and professionals under the new Public Law Outline

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-106

  Broadhurst, Karen ^a   Holt, Kim ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care proceedings; Parents; Partnership; Procedures; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049124159     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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