Unlocking the Past: The Experience of Gaining Access to Barnardo's Records

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 7-18

  Pugh, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

access to birth records; Barnardo's; fostering; residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012952528     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857599902300204     Document Type: Article

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