Research review: In a rush to permanency: Preventing adoption disruption

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-112

  Coakley, Jennifer F ^a   Berrick, Jill D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Adoption disruption; Permanency

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149108907     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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