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Clinical And Practice Issues In Adoption »

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Authors: Karen Rosenberg, Karen F. Rosenberg
ISBN-13: 9780275958169, ISBN-10: 0275958167
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: January 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Karen Rosenberg

VICTOR GROZA is Professor of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.

KAREN F. ROSENBERG is a clinical social worker who has been in practice for twenty-three years.

Book Synopsis

For the first time, writers and practitioners in infant and older placed adoptions have come together to explore the similarities and differences between these two groups.

Booknews

Seven contributions explore issues involved in the American institution of adoption. Discussion includes the similarities and differences between outcomes and treatment for different ages of adoptees, adoption as a solution to infertility, identity, family search and reunion, the history and elements of adoption support, and ethics in contemporary adoption practice. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
1Treatment Issues of Adoptees Placed as Infants and as Older Children: Similarities and Differences1
2Infertility and Adoption21
3Shared Identity Issues for Adoptees37
4Search and Reunion Issues49
5The History, Elements, and Ongoing Need for Adoption Support81
6Ethics in Contemporary American Adoption Practice105
7Treatment Issues in Adoption Practice from a Triad and Systemic Perspective157
Index167
About the Contributors173

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