Transracial adoption by lesbian, gay, and heterosexual couples: Who completes transracial adoptions and with what results?

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 187-204

  Farr, Rachel H ^a   Patterson, Charlotte J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Lesbian and gay; Motivations to adopt; Sexual orientation; Transracial

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951659172     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926750903313328     Document Type: Article

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