Issues Facing Adoptive Mothers of Children with Special Needs

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-320

  Forbes, Heather ^a   Dziegielewski, Sophia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

adoption; adoptive mothers; children; special needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745743211     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: 1741296X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146801730333003     Document Type: Article

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