Adoptive parents

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92003241
- info:lc/authorities/sh92003241
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh92003241#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Adopting parents
Broader Terms
- Parents
Narrower Terms
- Church work with adoptive parents
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4141445-7
Sources
- found: Work cat.: 92-18480: Miller, V. Meditations for adoptive parents, 1992.
- found: HCL.
- found: Random House: s.v. "Adoptive" (Usage note states it is usually used for the parent, whereas "adopted" is used for the child)
- found: Web. 3: s.v. "Adoptive" (Example given of "adoptive father")
- found: Zapf, K. Worterbuch der Sozialarbeit, 1961: In the English index.
- found: Nadeau, M. Lexique anglais-français de l'enfance in difficulté, 1982.
- found: Barker, R. The social work dict. 2d., 1991: s.v. "Adoption" (Definition uses term "adoptive parents")
- found: Black's law dict.: s.v. "Adoption" (Used "Adoptive parents" in text of definition)
Change Notes
- 1992-06-08: new

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