Transracial adoption and foster care placement: Worker perception and attitude

Child Welfare

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 337-370

  Carter Black, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036510878     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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