Thinking about and managing contact in permanent placements: The differences and similarities between adoptive parents and foster carers

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 401-418

  Neil, Elsbeth ^a   Beek, Mary ^a   Schofield, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Contact; Empathy; Foster care; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; RELATIVE;

EID: 0041765064     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104503008003009     Document Type: Article

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