Specialist Fostering in Spain*

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 6-17

  Amorós, Pere ^a   Freixa, Montse ^a   Fuentes, Nuria ^a   Molina, Mari Cruz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

childcare; family monitoring and support; fostering in Spain; specialist foster care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937345753     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590102500203     Document Type: Article

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