Empowerment in child protection work: Values, practice and caveats

Children and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-50

  McCallum, Sharon ^a   Prilleltensky, Isaac ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85002820088     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1996.tb00456.x     Document Type: Article

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