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Residential care of children : comparative perspectives /

This work fills major gaps in knowledge about residential care of children and is sure to inform ongoing debates within and between nations about the appropriate use of such institutions. It examines factors that have contributed to the observed pattern of development of residential care of children...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Courtney, Mark E., Iwaniec, Dorota
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Children > Institutional care > Case studies.
Children > Institutional care > Cross-cultural studies.
Long-term care facilities.
Cross-cultural studies.
Children.
Child, Institutionalized > psychology
Residential Facilities
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Child
Organizational Case Studies
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Établissements de soins de longue durée.
Études transculturelles.
Enfance.
extended care facilities.
childhood.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Children > Institutional care
Electronic books.
Case Reports
Case studies
Cross-cultural studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This work fills major gaps in knowledge about residential care of children and is sure to inform ongoing debates within and between nations about the appropriate use of such institutions. It examines factors that have contributed to the observed pattern of development of residential care of children.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199718894
019971889X
9786611986988
6611986987
1281986984
9781281986986
9780199863907
0199863903
9780190294847
0190294841