Cultural competence for transracial adoptive parents

Social Work

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 246-255

  Vonk, M Elizabeth ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Multicultural planning; Racial awareness; Survival skills; Transracial adoption

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOPTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOPTION; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PARENTING; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035408717     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/46.3.246     Document Type: Article

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