Meeting the long-term needs of families who adopt children out of foster care: A three-year follow-up study

Child Welfare

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 145-170

  Houston, Doris M ^a   Kramer, Laurie ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONSUMER; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 65549135683     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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