"We have no rights, we get no help": The legal and policy dilemmas facing grandparent caregivers

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 995-1012

  Letiecq, Bethany L ^a   Bailey, Sandra J ^a   Porterfield, Fonda ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grandparent caregivers; Grandparents rearing grandchildren; Kinship care policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349101861     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X08316545     Document Type: Article

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