Parental involvement during the placement of a child in family foster care: Factors associated with the continuation of parental roles

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-288

  Poirier, Marie Andrée ^a   Simard, Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family foster care; Involvement; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747063348     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-006-9014-y     Document Type: Article

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