This article argues that key values of child protection work are not the appropriate point of departure for contemplating the welfare of children in professional care. Central values, such as 'comfort', 'recognition' or 'appreciation' say very little about the social practices of residential care. Using data from an ethnographic study in Denmark, the article demonstrates that ideas about the needs of troubled children are realised in dissimilar ways, creating highly different living environments for institutionalised children. The principles behind these construction processes are explored, and the profound ambiguity of values in childcare is discussed as an effect of residential care's being an 'institutional' or 'human service' type of organisation.
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Univ Laval, Ecole Travail Social & Criminol, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
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Univ Laval, Ecole Travail Social & Criminol, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
McGill Univ, Sch Social Work, Montreal, PQ, CanadaUniv Laval, Ecole Travail Social & Criminol, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
Brend, Denise Michelle
Collin-Vezina, Delphine
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McGill Univ, Sch Social Work, Montreal, PQ, CanadaUniv Laval, Ecole Travail Social & Criminol, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
Collin-Vezina, Delphine
Daignault, Isabelle V.
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Southern NSW Local Hlth Dist, Aged Care Evaluat Unit, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
NHMRC Cognit Decline Partnership Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Australian Natl Univ, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaSouthern NSW Local Hlth Dist, Aged Care Evaluat Unit, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia