Powerful partnerships in social work: Group work with parents of children in care

Australian Social Work

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-56

  Thomson, Jane ^a   Thorpe, Ros ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Group work; Natural parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050414302     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0312-407X.2003.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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