We must not define “the family”!

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 21-41

  Bernardes, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033473162     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v28n03_03     Document Type: Article

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