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Evaluating Child Welfare Services: A Contribution from the Clients

Malcolm Bush, Andrew C. Gordon, Robert LeBailly

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This article examines the advantages of using client criteria to evaluate child welfare services and it discusses the criteria a group of foster children used in describing their foster placements. The clients' views cast fresh light on several longstanding problems in the care of dependent and neglected children.

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Key concepts: Welfare, Foster care, Psychology, Welfare system, Child care, Foster parents, Nursing, Medicine