The effects on adopters of adoption without parental consent

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-119

  Ryburn, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adopters; Adoption; Contact; Contested adoptions; Court decisions; Post adoption contact; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889224512     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443971340107     Document Type: Article

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