Will you be my mommy? A quest of a child to fill in the gaps in the process of bonding with her adoptive parents

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-53

  Kupfermann, Kerstin ^a,b  

^a Anonymous Adoptive Parents   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 77954920901     PISSN: 07351690     EISSN: 19409133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07351690903200143     Document Type: Article

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