The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 a New Era for Fostering and Adoption Services?

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 5-13

  Kelly, Greg ^a   Coulter, Joan ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Child care; Children (Northern Ireland) Order; Fostering; Legislation; Northern Ireland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937267529     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857599702100303     Document Type: Article

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