Participation and health - a research review of child participation in planning and decision-making

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-335

  Vis, Svein Arild ^a   Strandbu, Astrid ^a   Holtan, Amy ^b   Thomas, Nigel ^c  

^a Child Protection Research Center   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care; Child participation; Effect; Health; Protection; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960177742     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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