The impact of secrecy and denial in adoption: Practice and treatment issues

Families in Society

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 522-530

  Rosenberg, Karen F ^b   Groze, Victor ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031231907     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.822     Document Type: Article

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