Catalogue by countries / Adoption and the Care of Children: The British and American Experience
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| ISS/IRC Code | TOOL-ADOPT UK-020 |
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| Title | Adoption and the Care of Children: The British and American Experience |
| Author | MORGAN Patricia |
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| Date published/issue | 03-00-1998 |
| Date received | 00-00-0000 |
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| Publisher | IEA Health and Welfare Unit, 2 Lord North St., London SW1P 3LB, United Kingdom |
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| Page | 210 |
| Price | £9.00 |
| ISBN | 0 255 36434 2 |
| Type of material | Book |
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| Document description |
Commentaries Evaluation |
| Country concerned |
UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES |
| Index |
Foster-care Substitute-family Interacial Consent Family-reintegration Adoptability-child Child-interest |
| Free text | Study No. 42 in the series Choice in Welfare by the Health and Welfare Unit of the Institute of Economic Affairs. The author argues that in Britain and the USA adoption has fallen out of favour and that many children, unable to live with their natural parents, are in danger of never finding a permanent family or of spending long years in care since current trends tend to discourage adoption as an alternative. Under the banner of "family preservation" or what has been coined since the UK Children Act of 1989 "partnership" with biological parents, foster care is preferred and contact is maintained, sometimes against the best interest of the child, and compromising his/her chances to find a permanent, stable home. Interacial adoptions are sistematically discouraged with the result of a high proportion of black or mixed-race children staying in public care. |
| Document qualification | |
| Degree of interest | Valuable |
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Psychology Social work --> |
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