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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Anthony Douglas; Terry Philpot |
| ISBN: | 0415256844 9780415256841 0415256852 9780415256858 9780203167434 0203167430 |
| OCLC Number: | 50204205 |
| Description: | xviii, 262 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction 1. Children and Young People in Care 2. The Experience of Birth Parents 3. Trying to Adopt 4. Waiting for Adoption 5. Life After Adoption 6. The Politics of Adoption 7. Community Perspectives 8. The Future of Adoption |
| Responsibility: | edited by Anthony Douglas and Terry Philpot. |
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Abstract:
This work contains contributions from those with an interest in adoption: adopted people; birth parents and adoptive parents; practitioners and managers in statutory and voluntary sectors; academics and policy makers. It focuses on the social processes to adoption and includes real case studies.
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'One hopes that politicians, policy makers and social workers will read this volume in order to inform and ensure that adoption takes its rightful place in child care planning.' - Community Care 'The skilful and entertaining blend of the historical, political, academic and fictional will give new insights to all readers whatever their background.' - Young Minds Magazine Read more...
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