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Practitioner accounts of responding to parent abuse: a case study in ad hoc delivery, perverse outcomes and a policy silence

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Practitioner accounts of responding to parent abuse: a case study in ad hoc delivery, perverse outcomes and a policy silence. / Holt, Amanda; Retford, Simon.
In: Child and Family Social Work, Vol. 18, No. 3, 08.2013, p. 365-374.

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Holt, A & Retford, S 2013, 'Practitioner accounts of responding to parent abuse: a case study in ad hoc delivery, perverse outcomes and a policy silence', Child and Family Social Work, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 365-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00860.x

APA

Holt, A., & Retford, S. (2013). Practitioner accounts of responding to parent abuse: a case study in ad hoc delivery, perverse outcomes and a policy silence. Child and Family Social Work, 18(3), 365-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00860.x

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Holt A, Retford S. Practitioner accounts of responding to parent abuse: a case study in ad hoc delivery, perverse outcomes and a policy silence. Child and Family Social Work. 2013 Aug;18(3):365-374. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00860.x

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Holt, Amanda ; Retford, Simon. / Practitioner accounts of responding to parent abuse : a case study in ad hoc delivery, perverse outcomes and a policy silence. In: Child and Family Social Work. 2013 ; Vol. 18, No. 3. pp. 365-374.

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