The Impact of Openness on Adoption Agency Practices: A Longitudinal Perspective

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 31-51

  Henney, Susan M ^a   McRoy, Ruth G ^a   Ayers Lopez, Susan ^a   Grotevant, Harold D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Adoption agency; Open adoption; Openness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847418622     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v06n03_03     Document Type: Article

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