Narrative and Fantasy in Adoption

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 20-28

  Treacher, Amal ^a   Katz, Ilan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adoption; emotion; fantasy; identity; narrative; unconscious

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937338605     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590102500304     Document Type: Article

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