Preparing parents for adoption: An agency experience

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-196

  Farber, Michaela L Z ^a,c   Timberlake, Elizabeth ^a   Mudd, Helen Patricia ^b   Cullen, Linda ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b Children's Services   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Adoption Group Orientation; Adoption Preparedness; Program Evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543045040     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023605811888     Document Type: Article

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