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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000;154:1080-1081.

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A MORE vulnerable group in American society does not exist than children removed from the custody of their parents and placed into foster care. Through no fault of their own, they experience double jeopardy. First, the vast majority of these children are placed in foster care as a result of being abused, neglected, and/or because of parental substance abuse. They are insulted further by a system that houses them in or at the edges of poverty, moves them from home to home and school to school, and fails to provide them treatment for chronic health conditions.¹ This surely constitutes state-sponsored child neglect.

The shame of our foster care system has not been kept secret. The bibliographic database, HealthStar, has recorded 328 citations on the subject between 1990 and 2000. Periodic exposés are a staple item for most newspapers and television stations but few have any good news to report. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

WHY IS THE SYSTEM SO FLAWED?


CHILDREN DESERVE EXTRAORDINARY CONSIDERATION


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