The ‘last resort’?: Lesbian and gay experiences of the social work assessment process in fostering and adoption

Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 15-24

  Hicks, Stephen ^a  

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EID: 84937276818     PISSN: 09503153     EISSN: 17424909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09503159608415357     Document Type: Article

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