The transracial adoption debate: Counseling and legal implications

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 433-440

  Bradley, Carla ^a   Hawkins León, Cynthia G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b New England School of Law   (United States)

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EID: 0036762808     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2002.tb00210.x     Document Type: Article

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