Catalogue by titles / Families by Law; an Adoption Reader
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| ISS/IRC Code | TOOL-ADOPT ENG-US-055 |
| Partner | |
| Title | Families by Law; an Adoption Reader |
| Author | CAHN Naomi R.; HEIFETZ HOLLINGER Joan; ROSS Catherine J.; KUNZEL Regina G. BEREBITSKY Julie... |
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| General information | |
| Date published/issue | 00-00-2004 |
| Date received | 00-00-0000 |
| Place published | UNITED STATES |
| Editor | Naomi R. Cahn and Joan Heifetz Hollinger |
| Publisher | New York University Press, Washington Square, New York, NY 10003, USA; www.nyupress.org |
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| Page | 347 |
| Price | |
| ISBN | 0-8147-1590-7 |
| Type of material | Book |
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| Document information | |
| Document description |
Commentaries |
| Country concerned |
UNITED STATES |
| Index |
Family-adoptive Foster-care Child-status Adoption-open Adoption Legislation-adoption Adoptability-child Pap-single Pap-homosexual Paps-eligibility Placement |
| Free text | This book provides a multidisciplinary perspective on adoption law and policy in the USA. It examines the social and legal history of adoption in the United Stats as well as its contemporary psychosocial and cultural fonctions. It contains 8 parts: 1. History of adoption in the United States 2. Creating adoptive families: legal and psychological requirements and consequences 3. Foster care and Informal adoption 4. Adoption and confidentiality 5. Adoption with continuing contact: "Open adoption" 6. The frontiers of adoption 7. Feminism 8. Other perspectives on adoption. |
| Document qualification | |
| Degree of interest | Sensitive |
| Work area |
Legal |
| Potential users |
GVT-Partner Internl-Partner NGO-Partner |
| Other potential users |
Academic Adopt-Agency Court |