Children in Limbo: Cases Where Court Decisions Have Taken Two Years or More

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 31-40

  Beckett, Chris ^a   McKeigue, Bridget ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 7444222249     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590302700307     Document Type: Article

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