The wellbeing of children in care : a new approach for improving developmental outcomes / Kwame Owusu-Bempah.

By:

Owusu-Bempah, Kwame

Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.Description: viii, 182 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780415479394
0415479398
9780415479400 (pbk.)
0415479401 (pbk.)
9780203851722 (e-book)
0203851722 (e-book)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.73/2 22

LOC classification:

HV873 .O98 2010

Contents:

Fostering and adoption in historical perspective -- Fostering: cross-cultural perspective -- Fostering in contemporary western societies -- Motives for fostering -- Public care and kinship care -- Public care versus kinship care: psycho-social developmental outcomes -- In the interest of the child: kinship care -- Policy, practice and research implications.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-175) and index.

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