McIntyre, Michael P.Gibbens-Tenneriello, Monique, 1958-2005-07-212005-07-211984Gibbens-Tenneriello, M. (1984). Foster care services: a consumer perspective (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/136330315223480http://hdl.handle.net/1880/23002Bibliography: p. 134-137.This thesis is designed to present the various perceptions, feelings and experiences of the people involved in the foster care system. Its main purpose is to evaluate foster care services through a consumer's perspective, to show how the consumers, including foster children, foster parents, or natural parents have common perceptions of the system. The study is quaIitative, exploratory, inductive and based on the principles of symbolic interaction ism in terms of its design. The foster care literature has been reviewed in order to discuss the various issues proposed by authors regarding foster care services. The Province of Alberta's foster care services have been examined and a demographic picture drawn. Functional and dysfunctional elements of the foster care system have been identified through the literature review. The research has been designed to represent the perceptual, emotionaI and experiential components of the respondents' Iives. A collection of 60 accounts from foster children, natural parents, and foster parents were obtained. These accounts were then categorized according to the category they reflected. The author returned to the literature to provide the theoretical basis for the data analysis. The following categories were chosen as they represent the more generalized version of perceptions, feelings and experiences being recounted by the respondents. They are iatrogenesis, bureaucratization, powerlessness and aIienation. The study ends with conclusions and recommendations for future research as well as for foster care services.ix, 137 leaves ; 30 cm.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.HQ 759.7 G52 1986Foster home care - AlbertaFoster parents - AlbertaFoster children - Albertamaster thesishttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/13633HQ 759.7 G52 1986