Promoting Same-Race Adoption for Children of Color

Social Work

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-116

  Hollingsworth, Leslie Doty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Child welfare; Foster care; Policy; Transracial

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; ETHNOLOGY; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POVERTY; RACE RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032011488     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/43.2.104     Document Type: Article

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