| Description |
1 online resource (210 pages) |
| Contents |
Adopting After Infertility: Messages from Practice, Research and Personal Experience; Introduction; 1. The Impact of Infertility and Treatment on Individuals and Couples; 2. When Treatment Ends: The Experience of Women and Couples; 3. The Shift from Medical Treatment to Adoption: Exploring Family Building Options; 4. Where Infertility Arises from a Prior Health Condition -- Fit to Adopt?; 5. Assessing Infertile Couples for Adoption: Just What Does 'Coming to Terms with Infertility' Mean?; 6. Adoption and Infertility: The Role of the Adoption Panel |
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7. 'For Him, It's Got to Be Your Own Son': Adoption and Infertility in British South Asian Communities8. 'A Sense of Belonging': The Experience of a Black Adopter; 9. Infertility and Inter-Country Adoption; 10. A Child at Last: Adoption after Infertility; 11. Nature and Nurture: What Do Theory and Research Tell Us?; 12. Infertility and Adoption: The Search for Birth Parents and the Impact on Adult Family Relationships; Final Thoughts; Biographies; Subject Index; Author Index |
| Summary |
Around three quarters of people who turn to adoption do so because of infertility and those working in this field need information, guidance and support to assist them in the process of adoption to support the adopters and to deal with any issues that may result from infertility. "Adopting after Infertility" is an accessible and informative interdisciplinary book that addresses the issues that professionals working with adopters and the adopters themselves face when going through the adoption process and the impact of infertility on their experiences. The book includes chapters on th |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Adoption.
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Counseling.
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Infertility -- Psychology
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Adoption
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Counseling
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counseling.
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Adoption
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Counseling
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Balen, Rachel, 1954-
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| ISBN |
9780857003904 |
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0857003909 |
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