Invisible Mothers: Parenting by Homeless Women Separated from Their Children

Gender Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-172

  Barrow, Susan M ^a   Laborde, Nicole D ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Family separations; Homeless mothers; Homeless services; Homeless women; Mothering

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849125737     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-008-9058-4     Document Type: Article

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