Mandated prevention in child welfare: Considerations from a framework shaping ethical inquiry

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-305

  Houston, Stan ^a   Spratt, Trevor ^a   Devaney, John ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child welfare; ethics; mandated prevention; moral philosophy; social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959501905     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: 1741296X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017310378886     Document Type: Article

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