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1 online resource (416 pages) |
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Contemporary Social Work Studies |
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Contemporary social work studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Part I Policy and Regulations; 1 The Rise and Fall of Intercountry Adoption in the 21st Century: Global Trends from 2001 to 2010; 2 Social Policy Approaches and Social Work Dilemmas in Intercountry Adoption; 3 Implications of the Hague Convention on the Humanitarian Evacuation and 'Rescue' of Children; 4 Human Rights Considerations in Intercountry Adoption: The Children and Families of Cambodia and Marshall Islands |
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5 Fraud in Intercountry Adoption: Child Sales and Abduction in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Guatemala6 Perspectives on Child Welfare: Ways of Understanding Roles and Actions of Current USA Adoption Agencies Involved in Intercountry Adoptions; Part II Sending Country Perspectives; 7 Child Welfare in Romania: Contexts and Processes; 8 Challenging the Discourse of Intercountry Adoption: Perspectives from Rural China |
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9 Intercountry Adoption and Child Welfare in Guatemala: Lessons Learned Pre- and Post- Ratification of the 1993 Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption10 Ethiopia at a Critical Juncture in Intercountry Adoption and Traditional Care Practices; 11 Maternal Thinking in the Context of Stratified Reproduction: Perspectives of Birth Mothers from South Africa; 12 Exiting or Going Forth? An Overview of USA Outgoing Adoptions; Part III Outcomes for Intercountry Adoptees |
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13 Review of Meta-Analytical Studies on the Physical, Emotional, and Cognitive Outcomes of Intercountry Adoptees14 Medical Status of Internationally Adopted Children; 15 Cognitive Competence, Academic Achievement, and Educational Attainment Among Intercountry Adoptees: Research Outcomes from the Nordic Countries; 16 Families with Intercountry Adopted Children: Talking About Adoption and Birth Culture; 17 Post-Racial Utopianism, White Color-Blindness and "the Elephant in the Room": Racial Issues for Transnational Adoptees of Color; Part IV The Debate; 18 The Debate |
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Part V Pragmatists: Improving the Process19 Best Practices in Implementing the Hague Convention; 20 Intercountry Adoptions and Home Study Assessments: The Need for Uniform Practices; 21 Understanding and Preventing Intercountry Adoption Breakdown; 22 Openness and Intercountry Adoption in New Zealand; 23 All Grown Up: Rise of the Korean Adult Adoptee Movement and Implications for Practice; 24 Truth, Reconciliation, and Searching for the Disappeared Children of Civil War: El Salvador's Search and Reunion Model Defined; 25 Looking to the Future; References; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Intercountry adoption.
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Intercountry adoption
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gibbons, Judith L
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| ISBN |
9781351927086 |
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1351927086 |
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