Kinship foster care from the perspective of quality of life: Research on the satisfaction of the stakeholders

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 227-237

  Montserrat, Carme ^a   Casas, Ferran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Child protection system; Children; Community services; Kinship care; Kinship foster care stakeholders; Life satisfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249894729     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-007-9018-2     Document Type: Article

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