Orphanages Revisited: Some Historical Perspectives on Dependent, Abandoned, and Orphaned Children in America

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 609-610

  Markel, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDITORIAL; FOSTER CARE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ABANDONED; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOSTER HOME CARE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; INFANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029318986     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1995.02170190019002     Document Type: Article

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