A critique of the portrayal of adoption in college textbooks and readers on families, 1998-2001

Family Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-160

  Fisher, Allen P ^a  

^a Department of Business Administration and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Family; Marriage; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037692084     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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