title: The Children Act 1989: the professional dilemma of advocacy.
abstract: Stevie Holland looks at the background to the Children Act 1989 and argues that there is a contradiction between the Act's commitment to the welfare of the child and its policy of non-intervention in family life. Although written as a speech for this year's HVA annual professional conference, owing to illness it was not delivered at the conference.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holland
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D012380:Role