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UNINA9910162749803321 |
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Titolo |
Foster care / / Jill Hamilton, book editor |
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Detroit, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, , 2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (104 pages) : color illustrations, map |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Foster home care - United States |
Foster home care - United States - History |
Foster children - Services for - United States |
Foster parents - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The history of foster care in the United States / Ellen Herman -- Public ignorance hurts the foster care system / Mary Bissell and Rob Geen -- Poorly trained "helping" professionals compound problems / Richard Delaney -- Homosexuals should not be foster parents / J. Richard Pearcey -- Foster kids have mixed feelings about gay foster parents -- Gay parents can solve foster parent shortage / The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah -- Foster kids need an alumni group / Bill Stanton -- Grandparents can cure foster care problems / Gerard Wallace -- Foster care funding needs changing / The Economist -- Family preservation is safer than foster care / National Coalition for Child Protection Reform -- Group homes don't teach kids how to live on their own / Kareem Banks. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explores the issues surrounding foster care. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. |
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