Kinship care for children in the UK: messages from research, lessons for policy and practiceFootnote1

This article is based on a paper presented by the author at the Social Work in a Future Europe international conference, 26–29 May 2003 organised by the International Federation of Social Workers/European Association of Schools of Social Work and Social Work Educators/Formation d'Educateurs Sociaux Européens.

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