Foster carers [electronic resource] : why they stay and why they leave / Ian Sinclair, Ian Gibbs, and Kate Wilson.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Supporting parentsPublication details: London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.Description: 192 p. ; 23 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.73/3/0941 22
LOC classification:
  • HV887.G5 S56 2004eb
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Contents:
Background and introduction -- Who are the carers? -- Kinds of fostering -- Strains and satisfactions -- Who finds it easiest to foster -- Stressful "events" for foster carers -- Informal and formal support -- Continuing and ceasing to foster -- Explaining outcomes : putting the variables together -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-184) and indexes.

Background and introduction -- Who are the carers? -- Kinds of fostering -- Strains and satisfactions -- Who finds it easiest to foster -- Stressful "events" for foster carers -- Informal and formal support -- Continuing and ceasing to foster -- Explaining outcomes : putting the variables together -- Conclusion.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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