Achieving Permanence for Looked after Children through Special Guardianship: A Study of the Experience of New Zealand Guardians with Implications for Special Guardianship in England

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 16-26

  Ward, Peter ^a  

^a Norfolk County Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adoption; foster care; kinship care; looked after children; permanence; special guardianship

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248600117     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590402800404     Document Type: Article

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