Navigations between regulations and gut instinct: The unveiling of collective memory in decision-making processes where teenagers are placed in residential care

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-168

  Forkby, Torbjörn ^a   Höjer, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child protection; Children in need (services for); Decision making; Knowledge base; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952793748     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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