Obstacles to involving children and young people in foster care research

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 253-258

  Gilbertson, Robyn ^a   Barber, James G ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foster care; Non response rate; Participation rate; Research access

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344251467     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2002.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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