Familiar fears : the social work assessment of lesbian and gay fostering and adoption applicants

This thesis considers how local authority social workers go about assessing the suitability of lesbians and gay men to foster or adopt children. It also asks how far a stated lesbian or gay sexuality is problematic within this process. A constructionist approach to social enquiry is used, data being...

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Main Author: Hicks, S.
Published: Lancaster University 1998
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300
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.523995