Children and families : Australian perspectives
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Children and families : Australian perspectives
（Studies in society）
Allen & Unwin, 1994
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Description
This text explores the major issues likely to be faced by teachers, social workers and health workers in Australia in the face of economic crisis, changing social patterns and uncertainty about the future. Topics covered include marriage and divorce, poverty, abuse, adoption, immigrant and Aboriginal families, and legal issues. Freda Briggs is also the author of Why My Child?"
Table of Contents
ContributorsIntroduction: the family as an institution1 The changing family2 Fathers in families3 Children and families in multicultural Australia4 Working with Aboriginal children and their families5 Child and family poverty in the 'lucky country'6 When parents cannot provide care for their children7 Legal issues: the welfare of and responsibility forchildren8 Dangerous families9 Born to shop: children and consumer capitalism10 Much to view about nothingIndex
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