Discrimination in child protection work: recurring themes in work with Asian families

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 283-291

  Humphreys, ^a   Atkar, ^b   Baldwin, ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian families; Black perspectives; child protection; interpreters; looked after children; mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD PROTECTION; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL WORK; WORKER;

EID: 84937180625     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.1999.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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