Predictors of outcome for unrelated adoptive placements made during middle childhood

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 269-280

  Dance, Cherilyn ^a   Rushton, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Follow up; Outcomes; Special needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844597478     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2005.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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