| Description |
60 pages : illustrations, charts, photographs ; 30 cm |
| Series |
Issues in society ; v. 326 |
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Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 326
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| Contents |
1. Adoption trends in Australia: Adoption -- Adoptions in Australia -- Categories of adoption -- Adoption trends -- Raising an adopted child -- Impact of past adoption practices -- Same-sex adoption -- 2. Search and reunion: Coping with finding out you are adopted -- Access to adoption information in Australia -- Deciding whether to search for your birth parents -- Are you wondering how to respond to contact from a birth relative? -- A relinquishing mother - Robyn's story -- A relinquishing mother's reunion - Alison's story -- An adoptee discovers her history - Maree's story -- An adoptee discovers her story - Rhonda's story -- 3. Intercountry adoption: Adoption children from overseas -- What is intercountry adoption? -- The intercountry adoption process -- Is intercountry adoption right for you? -- Australia's poor adoption record -- The parent trap -- Pity third world orphans, but they're not a commodity -- Orphan children in foreign countries need our help |
| Summary |
"There has been an overall decline in the number of adoptions of Australian children over the last 25 years, however past and present adoption practices continue to raise a number of challenging and complex emotional and practical issues. This book examines the adoption experience in Australia, including local and intercountry adoption and the legal processes involved; adoption trends; identity and disclosure issues; the impacts of past coercive adoption practices on unmarried birth mothers and their children; post-adoption grief and loss; and the same-sex adoption law debate. A number of personal search and reunion stories are also featured which illustrate some of the complexities and hardships involved." - publisher website |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
For secondary school age |
| Notes |
Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at the publisher's home page: www.spinneypress.com.au |
| Subject |
Adoption -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia.
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Adopted children -- Australia.
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Adoption -- Australia.
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| Author |
Healey, Justin, editor
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| ISBN |
9781921507441 |
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