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Moral agency in everyday safeguarding work: reclaiming hope in the small stories of family support - some lessons from John Dewey

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Moral agency in everyday safeguarding work: reclaiming hope in the small stories of family support - some lessons from John Dewey. / Broadhurst, Karen.
In: families Relationships and Societies, Vol. 1, No. 3, 11.2012, p. 293-309.

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Broadhurst, K 2012, 'Moral agency in everyday safeguarding work: reclaiming hope in the small stories of family support - some lessons from John Dewey', families Relationships and Societies, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 293-309. https://doi.org/10.1332/204674312X656248

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Broadhurst, K. (2012). Moral agency in everyday safeguarding work: reclaiming hope in the small stories of family support - some lessons from John Dewey. families Relationships and Societies, 1(3), 293-309. https://doi.org/10.1332/204674312X656248

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Broadhurst K. Moral agency in everyday safeguarding work: reclaiming hope in the small stories of family support - some lessons from John Dewey. families Relationships and Societies. 2012 Nov;1(3):293-309. doi: 10.1332/204674312X656248

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Broadhurst, Karen. / Moral agency in everyday safeguarding work: reclaiming hope in the small stories of family support - some lessons from John Dewey. In: families Relationships and Societies. 2012 ; Vol. 1, No. 3. pp. 293-309.

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