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ISBN: 0203167430 9780203167434 0415256852 9780415256858 0415256844 9780415256841 1134518390 1280056770 9781134518340 9781134518388 9781134518395 1134518382 9059113152 Year: 2003 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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After adoption
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ISBN: 0203865855 1283964104 1135260702 9781135260705 9780203865859 041528208X 9780415282086 0415282217 9780415282215 9781135260651 9781135260699 1135260699 Year: 2004 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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Few children nowadays are placed for adoption with no form of contact planned with birth relatives and it has become common professional practice to advocate direct rather than indirect contact. Practice has outstripped evidence in this respect and not enough is known about how contact arrangements actually work out, particularly for older children adopted from state care. Such children have often experienced neglect, and sometimes abuse, and have frequently been adopted without parental agreement. Based on research with a large number of adoptive parents, children and birth relatives, <


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Facilitating meaningful contact in adoption and fostering : a trauma-informed approach to planning, assessing and good practice
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ISBN: 0857009249 9780857009241 1306863775 9781306863773 9781849055086 1849055084 Year: 2014 Publisher: London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Jessica Kingsley Publishers,

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How can contact in adoption and fostering be tailored to the individual child? This book provides assessment frameworks that reflect what attachment, neuroscience and trauma tell us about children's needs. The authors outline a model for managing contact to make it more purposeful and increase its potential for therapeutic benefit.


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How to create a successful adoption portfolio
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ISBN: 0857007645 9780857007643 9781849059466 1849059462 Year: 2014 Publisher: London

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Full of simple and effective design ideas and tips for writing adoption portfolios, this is a step-by-step guide to creating a portfolio that will present you in the best possible light and help the right birth-family to find and choose you.

The elusive embryo
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ISBN: 159734589X 1282355090 9786612355097 0520925246 9780520925243 0585389926 9780585389929 9781282355095 9781597345897 6612355093 9780520224308 0520224302 9780520224315 0520224310 Year: 2000 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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In the first book to examine the industry of reproductive technology from the perspective of the consumer, Gay Becker scrutinizes the staggering array of medical options available to women and men with fertility problems and assesses the toll-both financial and emotional-that the quest for a biological child often exacts from would-be parents. Becker interviewed hundreds of people over a period of years; their stories are presented here in their own words. Absorbing, informative, and in many cases moving, these stories address deep-seated notions about gender, self-worth, and the cultural ideal of biological parenthood. Becker moves beyond people's personal experiences to examine contemporary meanings of technology and the role of consumption in modern life. What emerges is a clear view of technology as culture, with technology the template on which issues such as gender, nature, and the body are being rewritten and continuously altered. The Elusive Embryo chronicles the history and development of reproductive technology, and shows how global forces in consumer culture have contributed to the industry's growth. Becker examines how increasing use of reproductive technology has changed ideas about "natural" pregnancy and birth. Discussing topics such as in vitro fertilization, how men and women "naturalize" the use of a donor, and what happens when new reproductive technologies don't work, Becker shows how the experience of infertility has become increasingly politicized as potential parents confront the powerful forces that shape this industry. The Elusive Embryo is accessible, well written, and well documented. It will be an invaluable resource for people using or considering new reproductive technologies as well as for social scientists and health professionals.


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Donor conception and the search for information : from secrecy and anonymity to openess
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ISBN: 9781409446392 9781317177821 9781317177814 9781317177807 1409446395 9781315568171 Year: 2017 Publisher: London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,

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This book examines donor conception and the search for information by donor-conceived people. It details differing regulatory approaches across the globe, including those that provide for ‘open-identity’ or anonymous donation, or that take a ‘dual-track’ approach. In doing so, it identifies models regarding the recording and release of information about donors that may assist in the further development of the law, policy and associated practices. Arguments for and against donor anonymity are considered, and specifically critiqued. The study highlights contrasting reasoning and emphasis upon various interests and factors that may underpin secrecy, anonymity or openness. The book will be of value to academics, students and legal practitioners involved with this area. It is also relevant to policy makers, health practitioners and anyone with an interest in the subject.

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