Child protection systems within the Danish, Finnish and Norwegian welfare states-time for a child centric approach?

European Journal of Social Work

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 475-490

  Pösö, Tarja ^a   Skivenes, Marit ^b   Hestbæk, Anne Dorthe ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

child protection systems; child centric; cross country analysis; Nordic welfare state; out of home placements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906083151     PISSN: 13691457     EISSN: 14682664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2013.829802     Document Type: Article

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