Overview of out of home care in the USA and Canada

Psychosocial Intervention

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 163-173

  Courtney, Mark ^a   Flynn, Robert J ^b   Beaupré, Joël ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Child welfare; Out of home care; Research; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924525700     PISSN: 11320559     EISSN: 21734712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5093/in2013a20     Document Type: Article

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