Kinship Care: Supporting Children in Placements with Extended Family and Friends

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 33-41

  Broad, Bob ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

black and minority ethnic children; children; extended families; identity; kinship care; placement choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937332555     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590102500206     Document Type: Article

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