Foster children as young adults: Many motherless, fatherless or orphaned: A Swedish national cohort study

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 254-263

  Franzén, Eva ^a   Vinnerljung, Bo ^a,b,c  

^a National Board of Health and Welfare   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Birth parents; Foster care; Leaving care; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745698399     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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