| Inter-Country Adoption: Practical Experiences Contributor(s): Humphrey, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415087422 ISBN-13: 9780415087421 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1992 Annotation: Over the past twenty years, the growing shortage of adoptable infants in the United States and Britain has forced a number of couples to look abroad. What exactly are the costs, hazards, and emotional difficulties that these couples face, and why do some couples feel that this is their only chance of becoming adoptive parents? "Inter-Country Adoption" charts the experiences of eight couples who, between them, have adopted eleven children from South America, India and Sri Lanka ranging in age from four months to seven years. The main emphasis of these first-hand accounts is on the events leading up to the decision to adopt from abroad and on the obstacles involved in dealing with the authorities in Britain and in the child's country of origin. The final two chapters are written by an academic social worker and a parliamentary campaigner who examine the legal and ethical considerations of inter-country adoption. This lively and highly readable book is of great value to social workers, social policy makers, lawyers and to the general reader with an interest in adoption. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Adoption & Fostering - Social Science | Social Work - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 362.734 |
| LCCN: 92011712 |
| Lexile Measure: 1200 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.77 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adoption - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There can be no doubt that intercountry adoption has grown in popularity over the past decade and many childless couples are now considering it as one option in the struggle to achieve a family. By presenting eight first-hand accounts from couples who have adopted from abroad, Inter-Country Adoption offers fascinating insight to the emotional, financial and legal difficulties that prospective adoptive parents must face. |
