Young children returning home from care: The birth parents' perspective

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-86

  Malet, Montserrat Fargas ^a   McSherry, Dominic ^a   Larkin, Emma ^a   Kelly, Greg ^a   Robinson, Clive ^a   Schubotz, Dirk ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth parents; Looked after children; Returning home; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049130599     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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