Social work with children when parents have mental health difficulties: Acknowledging vulnerability and maintaining the "Rights of the child"

Child Care in Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-55

  Monds Watson, Aisling ^a   Manktelow, Roger ^a   McColgan, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951079145     PISSN: 13575279     EISSN: 1476489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13575270903369319     Document Type: Article

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