Special needs adoption: An ecological systems approach

Family Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 512-522

  Schweiger, Wendi K ^a   O'Brien, Marion ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adoption; Ecological systems theory; Family ecology; Special needs adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844457055     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2005.00337.x     Document Type: Review

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