Human rights, politics and intercountry adoption: An examination of two sending countries

International Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 661-671

  Roby, Jini L ^a   Ife, Jim ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human rights; Intercountry adoption; Marshall Islands; Romanian adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349168995     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872809337680     Document Type: Article

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