From Bucharest to Beijing: Changes in Countries Sending Children for International Adoption 1990 to 2006

International Advances in Adoption Research for Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 41-69

  Selman, Peter ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Union; Inter racial placements; Intercountry adoptions; Mixed race children; Sibling group

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651200835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470741276.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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