Foster care beyond the crossroads: Lessons from an international comparative analysis

Childhood

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 343-361

  George, Shanti ^a   Van Oudenhoven, Nico ^a   Wazir, Rekha ^a  

^a International Child Development Initiatives   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Children at risk; Family; Foster care; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043290003     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09075682030103006     Document Type: Review

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