Foster fathers: Their experiences and contributions to fostering

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-31

  Wilson, Kate ^a,c   Fyson, Rachel ^a   Newstone, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Freelance Child Care Trainer and Consultant   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Social Work ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiences; Foster fathers; Motivations; Roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845807788     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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