Love and money: payment, motivation and the fostering task.
Although the payment of foster carers has attracted greater attention in recent writing and research, coverage of the issues has been limited. In this study, based on interviews with 20 female carers, the place of payment within foster care is explored in greater depth. The focus is on charting how...
| Publicado en: | Child & Family Social Work Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 199 - 209 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2001
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