Adolescent adoption and the birthfamily

Journal of Public Child Welfare

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-63

  Wright, Lois ^a   Flynn, Cynthia ^b   Welch, Wendy ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Birthmother; Contact; Open; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747288100     PISSN: 15548732     EISSN: 15548740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J479v01n01_03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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