Developing a Post-Adoption Groupwork Service for Non-Consenting Birth Mothers

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 32-39

  Jackson, Jenny ^a  

^a Nottingham City Social Services Department s Adoption and Fostering Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

co working with volunteers; compulsory adoption; informal groupwork; non consenting birth mothers; post adoption services

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842300652     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590002400406     Document Type: Article

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