En diskussion av explicita och implicita funktioner med lex Sarah

Authors

  • Karin Berg Institutionen för socialt arbete, Göteborgs Universitet
  • Inger Kjellberg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.64098/SVT.2025.32.2.51490

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2026-02-16

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Berg, K., & Kjellberg, I. (2026). En diskussion av explicita och implicita funktioner med lex Sarah. Socialvetenskaplig Tidskrift, 32(2). https://doi.org/10.64098/SVT.2025.32.2.51490

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