Adoption Agency Perspectives on Lesbian and Gay Prospective Parents: A National Study

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 5-23

  Brodzinsky, David M ^a   Patterson, Charlotte J ^b   Vaziri, Mahnoush ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Adoption policy; Adoption practice; Attitudes; Gay parents; Lesbian parents; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937385499     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v05n03_02     Document Type: Article

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