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fosterage [3 records]

Record 1 2013-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Sociology of the Family
DEF

Supervised care for orphaned, neglected, or delinquent children or for persons mentally ill in a substitute home or an institution on either a full-time or day-care basis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Sociologie de la famille
DEF

Placement d'un enfant ou d'un adolescent, avec l'accord et l'aide des pouvoirs publics, dans une famille qui n'est pas la sienne.

OBS

Équivalents adoptés par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des services sociaux.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

the custom once widely prevalent in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland of entrusting one's child to foster parents to be nursed and brought up.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

pratique codifiée de mise en nourrice, les conditions de ce placement, le choix des parents nourriciers et la nature des relations entre ceux-ci et les parents véritables étant définis à l'avance par (...) la société.

OBS

"fosterage" vient du mot anglais; to foster : nourrir, entretenir, élever.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

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