Supporting the birth relatives of adopted children: How accessible are services?

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1368-1386

  Cossar, Jeanette ^a   Neil, Elsbeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; adoption support; birth family support services

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954991884     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp061     Document Type: Article

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