Competence of children adopted from the former Soviet Union

Family Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 457-464

  McGuinness, Teena ^a   Pallansch, Leona ^b  

^a University of South Alabama College of Nursing   (United States)

^b ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Competence; International; Protection; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034366109     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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