Good enough care? A study of the difficulties Norwegian child welfare workers experience in working with mothers who have intellectual disabilities

Astrid Gundersen; Ellinor Young; Kaare Torgny Pettersen

doi:10.1080/15017419.2012.692709

Good enough care? A study of the difficulties Norwegian child welfare workers experience in working with mothers who have intellectual disabilities

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 15 (2013): Issue 3

By: Astrid Gundersen, Ellinor Young and Kaare Torgny Pettersen

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2012.692709 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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Language: English

Page range: 282 - 297

Submitted on: Apr 25, 2012

Accepted on: May 6, 2012

Published on: Jul 3, 2013

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

child welfare,

intellectual disabilities,

the biological principle,

normalization

© 2013 Astrid Gundersen, Ellinor Young, Kaare Torgny Pettersen, published by Stockholm University Press
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