Openness in Adoption: Experiences and Social Psychological Outcomes Among Birth Mothers

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 7-18

  Cushman, Linda F ^a   Kalmuss, Debra ^a   Namerow, Pearila Brickner ^a  

^a Columbia University School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0031530726     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v25n01_02     Document Type: Article

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