Supporting Informal Kinship Care

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 31-42

  Saunders, Hilary ^a   Selwyn, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children in need; informal kinship care; support

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950729394     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590803200205     Document Type: Article

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