Children in foster care

Children in Foster Care

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-228

  Barber, James G ^a   Delfabbro, Paul H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203462775     Document Type: Book

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