title: Australian women and foster care: a feminist perspective.
abstract: Viewing biological and foster mothers through a feminist lens would make fostering a form of care in which both women would share. One agency has put this into practice. This article describes how both groups felt about the experience.
authors.affiliation: University of New South Wales School of Social Work, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D002669:Child Welfare; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000523:psychology*; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012944:Social Support; D012947:Social Work; D014933:Women's Rights