Black Carers for White Children: Shifting the ‘Same-Race’ Placement Debate

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-52

  Flynn, Ronny ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anti discriminatory practice; black foster carers; increasing placement choice; placements; same race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009125297     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590002400108     Document Type: Article

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