Protecting children in time : child abuse, child protection, and the consequences of modernity / Harry Ferguson.

By:

Ferguson, Harry (Thomas Harold)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.Description: xiv, 262 p. ; 22 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781403906922 (cased) :
9781403906939 (pbk.) :
1403906920

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DDC classification:

362.767 22

LOC classification:

HV6626.5 .F47 2004

Summary: This analyses the notion that it is possible through social intervention to protect children from avoidable harm and even death 'in time'. It proposes new ways of conceptualizing relationships between professionals, children at risk and families and looks at what is involved in intervening effectively.

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4 Week Loan	Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway	Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway	Library Merlin Pk Galway	362.767/FER (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		GM02792
4 Week Loan	Portiuncula University Hospital	Portiuncula University Hospital	Library Portiuncula Ballinasloe	362.76/FER (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		PH02982
4 Week Loan	St. Columcille’s Hospital Dublin	St. Columcille’s Hospital Dublin	Book	362.76 FER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	SOCIOLOGY	131054

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This analyses the notion that it is possible through social intervention to protect children from avoidable harm and even death 'in time'. It proposes new ways of conceptualizing relationships between professionals, children at risk and families and looks at what is involved in intervening effectively.

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