Adopted Adults Who Search for Background Information and Contact with Birth Relatives

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 8-15

  Feast, Julia ^a   Howe, David ^b  

^a Children's Society   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adopted adults; birth relatives; contact; search

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009123022     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857599702100204     Document Type: Article

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