1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465219603321

Titolo

Adopting after infertility [[electronic resource] ] : messages from practice, research, and personal experience / / edited by Marilyn Crawshaw and Rachel Balen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010

ISBN

1-283-90713-5

0-85700-390-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BalenRachel <1954->

CrawshawMarilyn <1949->

Disciplina

362.734

Soggetti

Adoption

Counseling

Infertility - Psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Adopting After Infertility: Messages from Practice, Research and Personal Experience; Introduction; 1. The Impact of Infertility and Treatment on Individuals and Couples; 2. When Treatment Ends: The Experience of Women and Couples; 3. The Shift from Medical Treatment to Adoption: Exploring Family Building Options; 4. Where Infertility Arises from a Prior Health Condition - Fit to Adopt?; 5. Assessing Infertile Couples for Adoption: Just What Does 'Coming to Terms with Infertility' Mean?; 6. Adoption and Infertility: The Role of the Adoption Panel

7. 'For Him, It's Got to Be Your Own Son': Adoption and Infertility in British South Asian Communities8. 'A Sense of Belonging': The Experience of a Black Adopter; 9. Infertility and Inter-Country Adoption; 10. A Child at Last: Adoption after Infertility; 11. Nature and Nurture: What Do Theory and Research Tell Us?; 12. Infertility and Adoption: The Search for Birth Parents and the Impact on Adult Family Relationships; Final Thoughts; Biographies; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Adopting after Infertility is an informative interdisciplinary book that



addresses the issues that professionals and adopters themselves face when going through the adoption process and the impact of infertility on their experiences. The book includes chapters on the effects of infertility, why people choose adoption and the assessment process.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910704260203321

Autore

Williams Howel <1898-1980, >

Titolo

Volcanoes of the Parícutin region, Mexico / / by Howel Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1950

Washington : , : United States Government Printing Office

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 165-279 pages, 8-9 pages of plates) : illustrations

Collana

Geological Survey bulletin ; ; 965-B

Soggetti

Volcanoes - Mexico - Parícutin

Geology - Mexico - Parícutin

Geology

Volcanoes

Mexico Parícutin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed July 21, 2014).

"Prepared in cooperation with the Secretaría de la Economía Nacional de México, Dirección de Minas y Petróleo, and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geología, under the auspices of the Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation, Department of State."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-274) and index.