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BJSW Advance Access published online on May 3, 2005
British Journal of Social Work, doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch284
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved.

Critical Commentary

Looked After Children: Time for Change?

Charlotte Ritchie *

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Charlotte Ritchie, E-mail: charlotte.ritchie{at}socres.ox.ac.uk


  Abstract

At a time of increasing focus on evidence-based practice, this paper invites readers to question the basis of our public care system and to evaluate the increasing move towards kinship care in the light of the evidence.

Keywords: looked after, public care, child protection, welfare.
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