Owusu-Bempah, Kwame.

The wellbeing of children in care : a new approach for improving developmental outcomes / Kwame Owusu-Bempah. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2010. - viii, 182 p. ; 24 cm.

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

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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Children--Institutional care--Psychological aspects.
Foster home care--Psychological aspects.
Adoption--Psychological aspects.
Child development.
Child welfare.

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