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ISS/IRC Code	PER-ADOPT UK-01-003
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Title	Adoption and Fostering
Author	BAAF (British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering)
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Date published/issue	00-00-1995
Date received	00-00-0000
Place published
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Publisher	British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering, Skyline House, 200 Union Street, London SE1 0LX
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Page	61 p
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ISBN
Type of material	Periodical
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Document description	Commentaries
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Index	Foster-care Substitute-family Ethics Education-child-needs Adoption Awareness-raising Pap-homosexual Worktool Child-interest Adopt-fam-post-adopt-sup
Free text	Winter 1995 issue of this quarterly publication by BAAF. Contains a number of articles on different issues pertaining to adoption of children. Editorial on " redefining 'family values' "; Newspoints - text of BAAF Statement on Adoption which launched in 1995 as the result of collaboration between BAAF and agencies with an interest in adoption and children more generally. New Centre for Adoption and Identity Studies set up at the University of East London "to develop a new agenda of research, debate and policy making around issues of identity, childhood and family life, especially as these affect the fields of fostering, adoption and family care". Article by Prof. David Howe on "Adoption and attachment" where the author interviews a number of adoptive parents to assess the importance of their adoptive children's early attachment experiences for their future development.; In "Policy issues in gay and lesbian adoption", (article originally published in Child Welfare League of America) Ann Sullivan discusses considerations of universal interest about homosexual adopters; article on "Legal, policy and practice issues for intercountry adoptions in the United States" by Carol Carstens and María Juliá