Changing agency practices toward openness in adoption

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 45-76

  Henney, Susan M ^a   Onken, Steven ^a   McRoy, Ruth G ^a   Grotevant, Harold D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84937268077     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v01n03_04     Document Type: Article

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