The African orphan crisis and international adoption

Social Work

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-210

  Roby, Jini L ^a   Shaw, Stacey A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African orphans; International adoption; Orphan care; Transracial adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749080753     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/51.3.199     Document Type: Article

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