Voices from the system: A qualitative study of foster children's stories

Family Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 288-295

  Whiting, Jason B ^a   Lee III, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ecology; Foster care; Foster children; Narratives; Perceptions; Story

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041744009     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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