Adoptee dissimilarity front the adoptive family: Clinical practice and research implications

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-319

  Hollingsworth, Leslie Doty ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b 1080 South University   (United States)

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EID: 0006471105     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025163912090     Document Type: Article

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