What could explain the dramatic rise in out-of-home placement in Finland in the 1990s and early 2000s?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-184

  Hiilamo, Heikki ^a  

^a Diaconia University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child placement outside the home

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149517750     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.07.022     Document Type: Article

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