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This article identifies and lists the problems of children with complex medical conditions and/or complex home health case needs. Five categories of seriously chronically ill children are identified and programs to meet their needs discussed. The authors believe many of these children could benefit from foster home placements; they discuss one project in which there is collaboration between a pediatric medical center and a social service agency.
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Yost, D.M., Hochstadt, N.J. Medical foster care for seriously medically ill children: A growing need. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 4, 142–152 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00756464
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