Conceptions of family and adoption among older adoptees

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 21-47

  Sherrill, Caroline L ^a   Pinderhughes, Ellen E ^b  

^a Behavioral Institute of Atlanta   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Conceptions; Family; Older adoptees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937183910     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v02n04_03     Document Type: Article

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