Openness in adoption: What we know so far - A critical review of the literature

Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-142

  Wolfgram, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Adoptive family system; Adoptive kinship; Open adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349084940     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/53.2.133     Document Type: Review

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