Helping foster parents cope with separation, loss, and grief

Child Welfare

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-25

  Edelstein, Susan B ^a   Burge, Dorli ^b   Waterman, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOPTION; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0035229025     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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