Age at placement and adult adopted people's experience of being adopted

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 337-349

  Howe, David ^a   Shemmings, David ^a   Feast, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b The Children s Society s Post Adoption and Care: Counselling and Research Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adoption evaluation; age at placement; belonging; difference

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADOPTIVE PARENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 84937340730     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2001.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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