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Support, timelines and hard decisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Cas O’Neill
Cas O’Neill*
Affiliation:
School of Social Work, University of Melbourne, Email: cmoneill@bigpond.com
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Permanent family placement for children unable to live with their birth families: Challenges and controversies
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Children Australia , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , 2000 , pp. 7 - 10
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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