Finding Lost Childhoods: Supporting Care-Leavers to Access Personal Records

by Suellen Murray

Book Overview

This book explores care-leavers' access to their personal records. People who grew up in care in previous decades may know little about their family nor understand why they were placed in care nor how decisions were made about their lives. Personal records can be a source of this information. Murray posits that it is crucial that those releasing these records understand their significance. Taking a person-centred approach, the book is based on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319571370
• ISBN13: 9783319571379
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"