Parenting Children with Attachment Difficulties: Views of Adoptive Parents and Implications for Post-Adoption Services

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-23

  Beek, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adoptive parents; attachment difficulties; post adoption support

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544457654     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857599902300104     Document Type: Article

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