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Dr. Monica Ruiz-Casares quoted in APTN
Published: 3 May 2021
āKeep families togetherā: Moving beyond racist notions of neglect in child welfare
ā¦In many countries, including Canada, neglect is the most common type of maltreatment, says Monica Ruiz-Casares, an associate professor in the psychiatry department at ŗ«¹śĀćĪč.
But what exactly is neglect? According to Ruiz-Casares, itās pretty subjective. āThereās no clear threshold at which so-called poor parenting crosses the line into neglect,ā she says.
APTN.