There's no place like home: Achieving safety, permanency, and well-being for Lesbian and Gay adolescents in out-of-home care settings

Child Welfare

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 407-439

  Mallon, Gerald P ^a   Aledort, Nina ^b   Ferrera, Michael ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW YORK CITY; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0036510867     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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