Making the decision: Factors influencing gay men's choice of an adoption path

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 247-271

  Downing, Jordan ^a   Richardson, Hanna ^a   Kinkler, Lori ^a   Goldberg, Abbie ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Decision making; Discrimination; Gay men; Private adoption; Prospective parents; Public adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149146447     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926750903313310     Document Type: Article

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