'A friend and an equal': Do young people in care seek the impossible from their social workers?

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 772-788

  McLeod, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child care policy; Direct work; Listening to children; Looked after children; Social work with children and young people; State as parent

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953859802     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn143     Document Type: Article

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