Male Foster Carers: What Do We Mean by ‘Role Models’?

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 36-47

  Newstone, Simon ^a  

^a Families for Children   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

foster care; men; role models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845734915     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590002400306     Document Type: Article

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