The Adult Functioning of Former Kinship and Nonrelative Foster Care Children

Kinship Foster Care: Policy, Practice, and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zuravin, Susan J ^a   Benedict, Mary ^b   Stallings, Rebecca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adult functioning; Caregivers; Foster care; Kinship care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939817565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195109405.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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