Decision making in children and families social work: The practitioner's voice

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1805-1822

  O'Connor, Louise ^a   Leonard, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children and families; continuing professional development; Decision making; emotion; social work voice; time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925293334     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bct051     Document Type: Article

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