Out of home care in Norway and Sweden - Similar and different

Psychosocial Intervention

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 193-202

  Backe Hansen, Elisabeth ^a   Højer, Ingrid ^b   Sjöblom, Yvonne ^c   Storø, Jan ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child protection; Nordic model; Out of home care; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924526057     PISSN: 11320559     EISSN: 21734712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5093/in2013a23     Document Type: Article

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