Memories about the Intercountry Adoption of Finnish Children: Decisions about the Child's Best Interests

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 53-63

  Pösö, Tarja ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

intercountry adoption; memory work; time bound child welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956242469     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590903300407     Document Type: Article

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