Foster mothers in contemporary America: objectification, commodification, sexualization
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Meeting the challenges of contemporary foster care.
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عنوان ژورنال: Women's History Review
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0961-2025,1747-583X
DOI: 10.1080/09612029700200150