The dilemma of adoption reunion: Establishing open communication between adoptees and their birth mothers

Family Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-105

  March, Karen ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adoptee; Awareness contexts; Birth mother; Powerlessness; Relationships; Reunion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031106996     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585033     Document Type: Article

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