The Contemporary Stepfamily Making Links with Fostering and Adoption

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 49-56

  Dimmock, Brian ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption and Fostering; Family and household; Family Change; Stepfamilies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345621021     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857599702100408     Document Type: Article

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