Building bridges in Liverpool: Exploring the use of family group conferences for black and minority ethnic children and their families

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2034-2049

  O'Shaughnessy, Ruth ^a   Collins, Catherine ^a   Fatimilehin, Iyabo ^a  

^a Early Years CAMHS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black; Evaluation; Family Group Conference; Minority ethnic; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651324008     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp102     Document Type: Article

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