Undeserving' mothers? Practitioners' experiences working with young mothers in/from care

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 149-159

  Rutman, Deborah ^a   Strega, Susan ^a   Callahan, Marilyn ^a   Dominelli, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child welfare practice; Foster care; Young mothers; Youth in care

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844257257     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2002.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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