‘Family is Family … It Does Affect Everybody in the Family‘: Black Birth Relatives and Adoption Support1

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 66-75

  Harris, Perlita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adoption support; black birth relatives; racism; user views

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248608447     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590502900208     Document Type: Article

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