Openness in Adoption - Exploring Family Connections

Informationen zum Autor Family Relations, Idenity; Adoptive Families, University of Minnesota. Klappentext Harold Grotevant and Ruth McRoy provide a thorough review of the issues involved in openness in adoption and a clear description of the methods and results of the landmark research project they led. They provide rich data from an exceptional sample of adoptees, their adoptive parents and their birth mothers, and provide a perspective of their experiences as `triangular families' which openness generates. The last chapter reaches some general conclusions and discusses implications for future adoption practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Openness in Adoption The Issues, the Debates, and Evidence to Date Changing Agency Practices toward Openness in Adoption - with Susan Henney and Steven J Onken Method Outcomes for Children - with Gretchen Miller Wrobel et al Adoptive Parents¿ Perspectives on Their Roles and Relationships with Birthparents - with Deborah Lewis Fravel and Carol Elde Birthmothers¿ Adjustment and Resolution of Grief - with Cinda Christian and Chalandra Bryant The Adoptive Kinship Network - with Manfred van Dulmen Putting the Perspectives Together General Conclusions and Implications

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Harold D Grotevant, Harold D. Grotevant, Harold D. Mcroy Grotevant, Grotevant Harold D., Ruth G McRoy, Ruth G. Mcroy, McRoy Ruth G.
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.08.1998
• EAN: 9780803957794
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-5779-4
• Pagine: 239
• Serie: Sage Library of Social Researc; Sage Library of Social Researc; SAGE Library of Social Research
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Sociology: family & relationships, United States of America, USA, Child welfare, Sociology: family and relationships, Child welfare and youth services, Family Life Education;Social Work - Families