Young people leaving care in Sweden

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-127

  Höjer, Ingrid ^a   Sjöblom, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care leavers; Family; Support; Transition to adulthood; Welfare model

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049136805     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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