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Joseph Goldstein (Author), Anna Freud (Author), Dorothy Burlingham (Author), Albert J. Solnit (Author)

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Series: Before the Best Interests of the Child | Publication Date: February 13, 1986

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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Free Press (February 13, 1986)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0029123909
ISBN-13: 978-0029123904
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
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When and why should a child's relationship to his parents become a matter of state concern? Read the first page

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child placement process, intrusive invocation, longtime caretakers, autonomous parent, normal healthy growth, coercive intrusion, minimum state intervention, serious emotional damage, detrimental alternative, parental autonomy, emergency placement, psychological parents, separating parents, family integrity, ground for intervention, legal care, state intrusion, serious bodily injury, psychological ties, coercive intervention, exclusive representatives

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