Arranging stability for children in long-term out-of-home care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 913-921

  Christiansen, Øivin ^a   Havik, Toril ^a   Anderssen, Norman ^b  

^a Child Welfare Research Unit   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Foster care; Longitudinal study; Out of home care; Placement breakdown; Placement stability; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952875176     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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