How children experience fostering outcomes: Participatory research with children

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-359

  Fernandez, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attachment; Care outcomes; Children's perspectives; Foster carers; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848887819     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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