Foster Carers' Perspectives on Permanence: A Focus Group Study

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 14-27

  Beek, Mary ^a   Schofield, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

foster care; looked after children; permanence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937377576     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590202600204     Document Type: Article

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