Guide for effectively recruiting african american adoptive families

Journal of Multicultural Social Work

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 139-149

  Hamm, Wilfred ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

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EID: 85023898870     PISSN: 10428224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J285v05n03_02     Document Type: Article

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