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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Sociological Factors > Family > Adoption
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Psychology, Social > Family > Adoption
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychology > Psychology, Social > Family > Adoption

Preferred term

Adoption  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Scope note

  • Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation.

In other languages

  • adoptio

    Finnish

  • adoptiot
  • adoptoinnit
  • adoptointi
  • lapseksiotot
  • lapseksiottaminen
  • lapseksiottamiset
  • lapseksiotto
  • Adoption

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000300

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