Participation and partnership - family group conferencing in the Australian context

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-52

  Swain, Phillip ^a   Ban, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Family Decision Making Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case planning; Child welfare; Children; Participation; Substitute care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937259781     PISSN: 09649069     EISSN: 14699621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09649069708410197     Document Type: Article

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