Professionals' attitudes to children's participation in decision-making: dichotomous accounts and doctrinal contests.
The attitude of professionals to the involvement of children in decision-making is unclear. This paper discusses a recent research study that utilized qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the views of professionals working in family support and child protection about two different aspects...
| Publicado en: | Child & Family Social Work Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 235 - 244 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2000
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