Supply and demand: The forces shaping the future of infant adoption

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-46

  Freundlich, Madelyn ^a  

^a Evan B Donaldson Adoption Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Foster care; Infant adoption; Infertility; International adoption; Policy; Relin quishment; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937265560     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v02n01_03     Document Type: Article

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