'Kinship by design' in England: Reconfiguring adoption from Blair to the coalition

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-106

  Kirton, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption post adoption; Assessment; Child care planning; Child care policy and practice; Family re unification; Risk in social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871964675     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cfs.12027     Document Type: Article

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