Adults who grew up in care: Constructing the self and accessing care files

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-272

  Horrocks, Christine ^a   Goddard, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Care files; Childhood; Data Protection Act 1998; Leaving care; Memory; Social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745684106     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00432.x     Document Type: Review

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