After the orphanage : life beyond the children's home /

While there is much literature on the experience of growing up in an orphanage, very few books examine life after institutional care. After the Orphanage is the first book to address how care-leavers adjust to life in the outside world. Using interviews with people who grew up in orphanages and grou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Murray, Suellen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney, N.S.W. : UNSW Press, 2009.
Temas:
Children > Institutional care > Australia > Victoria > Psychological aspects.
Children > Institutional care > Australia > Victoria > History.
Orphanages > Australia > Victoria > Psychological aspects.
Orphans > Australia > Victoria > Biography.
Orphelinats > Australie > Victoria > Aspect psychologique.
Children > Institutional care
Children > Institutional care > Psychological aspects
Orphanages > Psychological aspects
Orphans
Victoria
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; The first day; Desperate circumstances; Having a story to tell; Living in houses, not homes; 'If it wasn't for my boys'; Making a living; Returning 'home'; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Research process and research partnership; Appendix 2: Advocacy and support services; Appendix 3: Biographies of the research participants; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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