Catalogue by countries / Birth Fathers and their Adoption Experiences
| Documentation presentation | |
| ISS/IRC Code | COM-ADOPT ENG-041 |
| Partner | |
| Title | Birth Fathers and their Adoption Experiences |
| Author | CLAPTON Gary |
| Generic unit | |
| General information | |
| Date published/issue | 00-00-2003 |
| Date received | 00-00-0000 |
| Place published | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Editor | |
| Publisher | Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 116 Pentoville Road, London N1 9JB, England; www.jkp.com |
| Distributor | |
| Page | 212 |
| Price | 24.95 $ |
| ISBN | 1-84310-012-6 |
| Type of material | Book |
| Language of document |
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| Document information | |
| Document description |
Commentaries Research |
| Country concerned |
UNITED KINGDOM WORLD |
| Index |
Family-origin Adoption Family-rehabilitation Fam-origin-contact |
| Free text | This book is one of the rare document focusing on birth fathers of adopted children. It relates the experience of 30 birth fathers separated from their children at birth. Among others, it tries to know what would motivate biological fathers to seek contact with an adopted child. Discussing different notions of fatherhood (biological paternity, social fatherhood, sperm donorship...), it brings new light to issues such as the decision to give up a child for adoption, the child's desire to find his or her birth parents and the facilitation of contact in later life. |
| Document qualification | |
| Degree of interest | Sensitive |
| Work area |
Miscellaneous |
| Potential users |
All |
| Other potential users | |