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Permanency Planning: New Name for an Old Concept
Author(s) -
Swain Phillip A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1984.tb01272.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , publishing , welfare , sociology , engineering ethics , public relations , political science , law , engineering
In this article the author examines the concept of permanency planning, and the development of that concept in child welfare practice in Australia and overseas. The Paper examines the philosophical and ethical dilemmas associated with the concept, given the often‐competing rights of parent and child.