Identity Issues for Looked after Children with No Knowledge of Their Origins: Implications for Research and Practice

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 44-52

  Winter, Karen ^a   Cohen, Olivia ^b  

^a Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency   (United Kingdom)

^b Fostering Team in Northern Ireland ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adoption; identity; looked after children; searching

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248602292     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590502900206     Document Type: Article

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