The emerging role of adoption reunion registries: Adoptee and birthparent views

Child Welfare

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 445-470

  Fischer, Robert L ^a,b  

^a Program Evaluation   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; ADULT; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0036559309     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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