Family foster care: Can it survive the evidence?

Children Australia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 87-92

  Ainsworth, Frank ^a   Hansen, Patricia ^b,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Hansen Legal   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

early parenting; educational achievement; foster care; juvenile offending; mental health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925424688     PISSN: 20497776     EISSN: 10350772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/cha.2014.5     Document Type: Article

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