Lost in translation: How child welfare workers in Norway and England experience language difficulties when working with minority ethnic families

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1353-1367

  Kriz, Katrin ^b,c   Skivenes, Marit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b EMMANUEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child welfare; communication; England; interpreters; Language; minority ethnic families; Norway

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955002943     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp036     Document Type: Article

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