Assessing quality of care in kinship and foster family care

Family Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-280

  Berrick, Jill Duerr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Kinship care; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031182448     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585125     Document Type: Article

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