Paths to the facilitation of open adoption

Family Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 419-424

  Sobol, Michael P ^a   Daly, Kerry J ^a   Kelloway, E Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adoption; Facilitation; Openness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034363838     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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