The perspectives of young children in care about their circumstances and implications for social work practice

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-195

  Winter, Karen ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perspectives; Social work practice; Views; Young children in care

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952934627     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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