The role of birth/previously adopted children in families choosing to adopt children with special needs

Child Welfare

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 579-591

  Mullin, Ellen Steele ^a   Johnson, LeAnne ^a  

^a Children's Home Society of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; PARENTING; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0033193167     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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