Contact with family members and its impact on adolescents and their foster placements

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-559

  Moyers, Sue ^a   Farmer, Elaine ^a,b   Lipscombe, Jo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Child and Family Studies ^*

Author keywords

Contact; Foster care; Foster care for adolescents; Placement outcomes; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745595839     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch270     Document Type: Review

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