Breaking the Silence: Advancing Knowledge about Adoption for Counseling Psychologists

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 647-650

  Zamostny, Kathy P ^a   Wiley, Mary ^b   O'brien, Karen M ^a   Lee, Richard M ^c   Baden, Amanda L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0142246192     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: 15523861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000003258082     Document Type: Article

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