International Adoption as a Natural Experiment

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 276-288

  McGuinness, Teena M ^a,b   Dyer, Janyce G ^a,b  

^a University of South Alabama College of Nursing   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FAMILY; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORPHANAGE; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ABANDONED; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; ORPHANAGES; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745727673     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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