A new model of welfare: Re-asserting the value of kinship for children in state care

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-45

  Ryburn, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Family group conferences; Kinship; Kinship placements

Indexed keywords

EID: 11744290659     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00084     Document Type: Article

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