Single-parent adoptions and clinical implications

Handbook of Adoption: Implications for Researchers, Practitioners, and Families

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 190-216

  Pakizegi, Behnaz ^a  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976633.n13     Document Type: Chapter

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