'He was our child from the moment we walked in that room': Entrance stories of adoptive parents

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 785-803

  Krusiewicz, Erin Shank ^a   Wood, Julia T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Family; Narrative theory; Stories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035622113     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407501186003     Document Type: Article

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