Upping the ante: Relative caregivers' perceptions of changes in child welfare policies

Child Welfare

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 719-748

  O'Brien, Patricia ^a   Massat, Carol Rippey ^a   Gleeson, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CUSTODY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERVIEWS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; MALE; PARENTING; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 0035523939     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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