The Material Side of Foster Care: Economic and Material Resources among Foster Carers and Foster Youth in Swedish Child Welfare

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 27-38

  Wiklund, Stefan ^a   Sallnäs, Marie ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

child welfare; economic and material resources; foster care; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855893279     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857591003400404     Document Type: Article

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