Breakdown of foster care placement: Carer perspectives and system factors

Australian Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-340

  Gilbertson, Robyn ^a   Barber, James G ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foster care; Placement breakdown; Placement instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055299920     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0748.2003.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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