An introduction to international adoption from Eastern Europe -- Adoptions from Eastern Europe to the United States -- Understanding what motivates Americans to adopt a child or children internationally -- Similarities and differences in issues relevant to international and domestic adoption -- Studying older-child and sibling group adoptions from Eastern Europe -- Parents speak about the process of international adoption and their satisfaction-dissatisfaction with their decision to adopt internationally -- Embarking on the journey of a lifetime : breathing life into the data through case narratives -- Case narratives of satisfied adopters -- Case narratives of families who typically feel "caught in the middle" -- Case narratives of adopters whose children have many serious problems -- Parents speak about state and federal government involvement in regulating agencies engaged in placing international adoptees with Americans -- Interventions and policy shifts -- Impacts of existing adoption policies and practices : when private troubles become public issues -- Mapping changes needed in adoption policy and practice -- Solutions and strategies that are linked to clients' rights and agencies' responsibilities -- Producing positive changes for the long run -- Bringing about changes that are in the best interest of adoptees and their adoptive families -- Epilogue : out of the past and into the future -- Postscript : a survey approach: how? why? who?
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and indexes
