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doi: 10.1177/030857599301700104pmid: N/A
Recently, demands that fostering be incorporated into the formal economy as a professional salaried service have increased. Penny Rhodes examines some of the developments which lie behind these demands and discusses their implications.
doi: 10.1177/030857599301700105pmid: N/A
In October 1992 Michael Freeman addressed a BAAF North Region Seminar on ‘Consent to treatment under the Children Act’. In this article he clarifies the complex legal issues which surround consent.
doi: 10.1177/030857599301700106pmid: N/A
The Romanian Orphanage Trust, in partnership with the Romanian government, is developing a model foster care programme. Marion Lowe, following a recent visit to Romania, describes the work of the Trust and the scale of the challenge facing those attempting to build services for families and children.
doi: 10.1177/030857599301700107pmid: N/A
Practice wisdom has it that the attitude of foster carers' birth children can make or break placements, yet their contribution to fostering is seldom scrutinised. Diana Part asked a sample of children in one Scottish region what they felt about fostering.
doi: 10.1177/030857599301700108pmid: N/A
Recent publicity surrounding one particular case has directed attention again to how much information should be shared with prospective adopters about a child's past. Margaret Hunter describes her work with children separated from their families of origin whose placements have come under strain.
doi: 10.1177/030857599301700110pmid: N/A
Has the controversial debate surrounding same race placement sidelined the less visible issues of minority cultures, religions and linguistic groups? Ceppy Hosegood makes the case for Irish adoptees.
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