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Author Owusu-Bempah, Kwame.

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

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.732 O97W    Check Shelf
Description viii, 182 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [156]-175) and index.
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.
Subject Children -- Institutional care -- Psychological aspects.
Foster home care -- Psychological aspects.
Adoption -- Psychological aspects.
Child development.
Child welfare.
ISBN 9780415479394
0415479398
9780415479400 paperback
0415479401 paperback
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