From famine to feast. A review of the foster care research literature

Children and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-74

  Sellick, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645125711     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2005.00005.x     Document Type: Review

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