Permanency mediation: A path to open adoption for children in out-of-home care

Child Welfare

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 507-526

  Maynard, JoAnne ^a  

^a WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CIVIL RIGHTS; CUSTODY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; CIVIL RIGHTS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23944448552     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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