TY - JOUR
AU - Masson, Helen
AB - British Journal of Social Work (2009) 39, 785–788 doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp045 Advance Access publication April 16, 2009 The ten papers in this issue continue our practice of presenting a varied mix of articles, on this occasion focusing on both qualitative and quantitative research in child and family social work, mental health, disability and two theoretical papers providing, first, a critical look at the contribution of the work of Jurgen Habermas to social work and, second, a discussion con- cerning the language of social work. While, as is usual for the British Journal of Social Work, most papers have UK authorship, international representation is achieved by contributions from Australia, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and the USA. In ‘Negotiating foster families: Identification and desire’, Damien Riggs, Paul Delfabbro and Martha Augoustinos report on a psycho-analytically oriented study drawing on individual interviews and focus groups to explore the experiences of Australian foster-carers. This research offers pointers to counter the present difficulties in foster-care, which are evident in many countries in addition to Australia, characterized by an increasing number of children in foster-care with highly complex needs, a high number of short-term placements, children moving in and out of the foster-care system on a 
TI - Editorial
JF - The British Journal of Social Work
DO - 10.1093/bjsw/bcp045
DA - 2009-07-16
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/editorial-ogkCCHgi1x
SP - 785
EP - 788
VL - 39
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -