The impact of parental substance abuse on the stability of family reunifications from foster care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-198

  Brook, Jody ^a   McDonald, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol or other drug abuse; Family reunification; Foster care; Maltreatment recurrence; Reentry; Reunification; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149526826     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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