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Fostercare Policy & Practice in Sweden: What lessons are there for Australia?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Kathryn Richardson
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Abstract

This paper is a study of foster care in Sweden, and considers foster care practice in the light of research findings. The paper raises useful questions for child welfare practitioners in Australia. The author herself identifies some of the current issues in Australian Child Welfare practice. As the author notes, the difficulty of obtaining Australia wide statistics of child care leaves us with the potential of many gaps in our knowledge.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , 1983 , pp. 3 - 9
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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