Value Dilemmas: Another Look at Placement Issues for African American Children

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1-6

  McRoy, Ruth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 8444221496     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v06n04_01     Document Type: Article

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