Disabled children's experience of permanency in the looked after system

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1173-1188

  Baker, Claire ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Disabled children; Independent living; Long term foster care; Permanence; Reunification

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249147898     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl082     Document Type: Article

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