Family Contact for Children in Kinship Care: A Literature Review

Australian Social Work

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 358-374

  Kiraly, Meredith ^a   Humphreys, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child Abuse; Child and Family Welfare; Child Protection; Consumer and Carer Participation; Grandparents as Carers; Out of home Care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883483066     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2013.812129     Document Type: Article

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