Analysis of intercountry adoption policy and regulations: The case of Korea

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 911-918

  Kim, Soohyun ^a   Smith, Carrie Jefferson ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoptive parents; Biological parents; Child Citizenship Act; Child welfare; Domestic adoption; Hague Convention; Intercountry adoption; Intercountry Adoption Act; International adoptees; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349241436     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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