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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876949303321

Titolo

The international handbook of stepfamilies : policy and practice in legal, research, and clinical environments / / edited by Jan Pryor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2008

ISBN

1-281-73270-2

9786611732707

1-118-26992-6

0-470-29353-5

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (639 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PryorJan

Disciplina

306.874/7

Soggetti

Stepfamilies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The International Handbook of Stepfamilies: Policy and Practice in Legal, Research, and Clinical Environments; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Section I: INTERNATIONAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS; Section II: DYNAMICS WITHIN STEPFAMILY HOUSEHOLDS; Section III: INFLUENCES AND RELATIONSHIPS BEYOND THE HOUSEHOLD; Section IV: CLINICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by contributors from around the world, The International Handbook of Stepfamilies: Policy and Practice in Legal, Research, and Clinical Environments is a collection of research, legal, and clinical recommendations that fills a growing need for complex, re-formed families. Using the information in this book, which includes contemporary research and its implications, you will be able to consider stepfamilies in an international context. Understand the issues that clinicians face when they work with stepfamilies, both before and after formation, and gain more knowledge about this t