Negotiating motherhood: Identity and difference in "open" adoptions

Law and Society Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-80

  Yngvesson, Barbara ^a  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0031523722     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3054094     Document Type: Article

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