Safeguarding disabled children in residential settings: What we know and what we don’t know

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 262-281

  Paul, Alina ^a   Cawson, Pat ^a  

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

Author keywords

Child protection; Disabled children; Residential care; Residential schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993026525     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.755     Document Type: Article

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