Grandparents' and social workers' experiences with the child welfare system: A case for mutual resources

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1439-1453

  Gladstone, James W ^a   Brown, Ralph A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Exchange theory; Grandparents; Kinship care

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148840682     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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