Why adoptees search: An existential treatment perspective

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-202

  Jago Krueger, Mary J ^a   Hanna, Fred J ^b  

^a Northwest Mental Health Center   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031508464     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1997.tb02333.x     Document Type: Review

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