Contact between children placed away from home and their birth parents: Ryburn's 'reanalysis' analysed

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 519-531

  Quinton, David ^a   Selwyn, Julie ^a   Rushton, Alan ^b   Dance, Cherilyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Fostering; Methodology; Research

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032695860     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104599004004008     Document Type: Article

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