The role of contact in concurrent planning: The experiences of birth parents and carers

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-34

  Monck, Elizabeth ^a   Reynolds, Jill ^a   Wigfall, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth parents; Concurrent planning; Contact arrangements; Permanency for looked after children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746366509     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v09n01_02     Document Type: Review

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