| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 262 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Children and young people in care; Introduction; Adoption's rich tapestry unfolded: a family life in the 21st century; Troubled children and how to place them; Recruiting parents for hard-to-place children; It can only get better, and it did!; Good practice in adoption; Kinship care: a child in the family; Attachment theory and children's rights; 'I'll take her in'; The experience of birth parents; Introduction; Audrey and Aline's story; Lost and found: an adopted person's story |
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Letter to a social worker: reflections on motheringAdoption and family support: two means in pursuit of the same end; Life after adoption; Introduction; Adoption: perspectives from family members; A truer image; Avoiding disruption: concurrent planning; How post-adoption support can make adoption a success; Talking and telling; Keeping in touch: a different way of looking at post-adoption contact issues; With love; The politics of adoption; Introduction; The fiction |
| Summary |
Illustrating political and professional issues through stories and contributions from specialist practitioners, this book offers a fully rounded picture of adoption and explores some of the myths surrounding it |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Adoption -- Great Britain
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Adoptees -- Great Britain
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Adoptive parents -- Great Britain
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Birthparents -- Great Britain
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Adoption & Fostering.
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Adoptees
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Adoption
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Adoptive parents
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Birthparents
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Douglas, Anthony, 1949-
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Philpot, Terry
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| ISBN |
0203167430 |
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9780203167434 |
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0415256852 |
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9780415256858 |
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0415256844 |
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9780415256841 |
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