Maternal outcasts: Raising the profile of women who are vulnerable to successive, compulsory removals of their children - a plea for preventative action

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 291-304

  Broadhurst, Karen ^a   Mason, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birth mothers; care proceedings; post adoption; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883654412     PISSN: 09649069     EISSN: 14699621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09649069.2013.805061     Document Type: Article

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