After adoption : direct contact and relationships / / Carole Smith and Janette Logan |
Autore | Smith Carole <1948-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.82/98 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LoganJanette |
Soggetto topico |
Adopted children - Family relationships
Birthparents Adoptive parents Adoption - Law and legislation Adoption - Law and legislation - United States |
ISBN |
1-135-26069-9
0-203-86585-5 1-283-96410-4 1-135-26070-2 |
Classificazione | 80.82 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; After Adoption; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Adoption in context: Social change and openness; Adoption: the pace and nature of change; Adoption practice: openness and secrecy in adoptionarrangements; The changing role of adoption: difference, identity and 'telling'; Identity issues in context; The current debate: openness, contact and adoption; Conclusion: the debate about contact and new challenges; Summary; 2 Openness in adoptionEssential for children's well-being?; The practice of open adoption and arrangements for contact
Adoption and identity: the need for information and contactFurther research: the impact of contact on birthand adoptive parents; Further research: the impact of contact on children; Conclusion: how much do we know about the benefits of continuing contact?; Summary; 3 Policy, law and opennessin adoption; Policy issues: openness and access to information; Policy issues: post-adoption contact; Judicial intervention in contact arrangements; Conclusion: policy development and judicial restraint; Summary; 4 The study Research issues, methods and sample characteristics; The study in context Ethical and methodological considerationsGaining access to adopters, children and birth relatives after adoption; Research instruments and data collection; Talking to the children; Children's characteristics and placements; Children's legal and 'looked-after' status; Birth parents' attitudes to adoption and post-adoption contact; Direct contact: variability, frequency and arrangements; Conclusion: trials, tribulations and rewards; Summary; 5 Preparation and planning for direct contact; Agencies, professional practice and contact; Preparation for direct contact Adoptive parents' attitudes towards contactMeeting birth relatives involved in direct contact; Planning for contact; Contact planning was agency led: adopters agreed with the plan and felt involved; Contact planning was agency led: adopters agreed with the plan although they were not involved; Planning was initiated by the adopters; Contact planning was led by the agency or other professionals: adopters accepted the plan but remained hostile to its implementation; Frequency of contact arrangements; Agency involvement in post-adoption contact arrangements Conclusion: agencies and planning for direct contactSummary; 6 Adoptive parents Perspectives on adoption and direct contact; Adoptive parents and adoption; Opposition to adoption: birth families and contact; Managing arrangements for contact: a complicated business; Direct contact: losses and gains; Adoptive parents' perceptions: advantages of direct contact; Adoptive parents' perceptions: comfort and satisfaction with direct contact; Ownership, control and direct contact; Conclusion; Summary; 7 Birth relatives and direct contact; Introduction: birth relatives, adoption and contact Birth relatives' attitudes to adoption and satisfaction with adoption outcome |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786180803321 |
Smith Carole <1948-, >
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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After adoption : direct contact and relationships / / Carole Smith and Janette Logan |
Autore | Smith Carole <1948-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.82/98 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LoganJanette |
Soggetto topico |
Adopted children - Family relationships
Birthparents Adoptive parents Adoption - Law and legislation Adoption - Law and legislation - United States |
ISBN |
1-135-26069-9
0-203-86585-5 1-283-96410-4 1-135-26070-2 |
Classificazione | 80.82 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; After Adoption; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Adoption in context: Social change and openness; Adoption: the pace and nature of change; Adoption practice: openness and secrecy in adoptionarrangements; The changing role of adoption: difference, identity and 'telling'; Identity issues in context; The current debate: openness, contact and adoption; Conclusion: the debate about contact and new challenges; Summary; 2 Openness in adoptionEssential for children's well-being?; The practice of open adoption and arrangements for contact
Adoption and identity: the need for information and contactFurther research: the impact of contact on birthand adoptive parents; Further research: the impact of contact on children; Conclusion: how much do we know about the benefits of continuing contact?; Summary; 3 Policy, law and opennessin adoption; Policy issues: openness and access to information; Policy issues: post-adoption contact; Judicial intervention in contact arrangements; Conclusion: policy development and judicial restraint; Summary; 4 The study Research issues, methods and sample characteristics; The study in context Ethical and methodological considerationsGaining access to adopters, children and birth relatives after adoption; Research instruments and data collection; Talking to the children; Children's characteristics and placements; Children's legal and 'looked-after' status; Birth parents' attitudes to adoption and post-adoption contact; Direct contact: variability, frequency and arrangements; Conclusion: trials, tribulations and rewards; Summary; 5 Preparation and planning for direct contact; Agencies, professional practice and contact; Preparation for direct contact Adoptive parents' attitudes towards contactMeeting birth relatives involved in direct contact; Planning for contact; Contact planning was agency led: adopters agreed with the plan and felt involved; Contact planning was agency led: adopters agreed with the plan although they were not involved; Planning was initiated by the adopters; Contact planning was led by the agency or other professionals: adopters accepted the plan but remained hostile to its implementation; Frequency of contact arrangements; Agency involvement in post-adoption contact arrangements Conclusion: agencies and planning for direct contactSummary; 6 Adoptive parents Perspectives on adoption and direct contact; Adoptive parents and adoption; Opposition to adoption: birth families and contact; Managing arrangements for contact: a complicated business; Direct contact: losses and gains; Adoptive parents' perceptions: advantages of direct contact; Adoptive parents' perceptions: comfort and satisfaction with direct contact; Ownership, control and direct contact; Conclusion; Summary; 7 Birth relatives and direct contact; Introduction: birth relatives, adoption and contact Birth relatives' attitudes to adoption and satisfaction with adoption outcome |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812738903321 |
Smith Carole <1948-, >
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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Cross-cultural approaches to adoption / / edited by Fiona Bowie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.734 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BowieFiona |
Soggetto topico |
Adoption
Kinship Families |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-203-68372-2
1-134-41178-2 1-280-05421-2 0-203-64370-4 |
Classificazione | 80.82 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Glossary of anthropological terms; Kinship abbreviations and symbols; INTRODUCTION; Adoption and the circulation of children: a comparative perspective; Adopting a native child: an anthropologist's personal involvement in the field; Africa; 'The real parents are the foster parents': social parenthood among the Baatombu in Northern Benin; Fosterage and the politics of marriage and kinship in East Cameroon; Adoption practices among the pastoral Maasai of East Africa: enacting fertility; Asia and Oceania
Korean institutionalised adoptionTransactions in rights, transactions in children: a view of adoption from Papua New Guinea; Adoption and belonging in Wogeo, Papua New Guinea; Adoptions in Micronesia: past and present; Central and South America; 'The one who feeds has the rights': adoption and fostering of kin, affines and enemies among the Yukpa and other Carib-speaking Indians of Lowland South America; The circulation of c |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450064503321 |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cross-cultural approaches to adoption / / edited by Fiona Bowie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.734 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BowieFiona |
Soggetto topico |
Adoption
Kinship Families |
ISBN |
1-134-41177-4
0-203-68372-2 1-134-41178-2 1-280-05421-2 0-203-64370-4 |
Classificazione | 80.82 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Glossary of anthropological terms; Kinship abbreviations and symbols; INTRODUCTION; Adoption and the circulation of children: a comparative perspective; Adopting a native child: an anthropologist's personal involvement in the field; Africa; 'The real parents are the foster parents': social parenthood among the Baatombu in Northern Benin; Fosterage and the politics of marriage and kinship in East Cameroon; Adoption practices among the pastoral Maasai of East Africa: enacting fertility; Asia and Oceania
Korean institutionalised adoptionTransactions in rights, transactions in children: a view of adoption from Papua New Guinea; Adoption and belonging in Wogeo, Papua New Guinea; Adoptions in Micronesia: past and present; Central and South America; 'The one who feeds has the rights': adoption and fostering of kin, affines and enemies among the Yukpa and other Carib-speaking Indians of Lowland South America; The circulation of c |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783625103321 |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cross-cultural approaches to adoption / / edited by Fiona Bowie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.734 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BowieFiona |
Soggetto topico |
Adoption
Kinship Families |
ISBN |
1-134-41177-4
0-203-68372-2 1-134-41178-2 1-280-05421-2 0-203-64370-4 |
Classificazione | 80.82 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Glossary of anthropological terms; Kinship abbreviations and symbols; INTRODUCTION; Adoption and the circulation of children: a comparative perspective; Adopting a native child: an anthropologist's personal involvement in the field; Africa; 'The real parents are the foster parents': social parenthood among the Baatombu in Northern Benin; Fosterage and the politics of marriage and kinship in East Cameroon; Adoption practices among the pastoral Maasai of East Africa: enacting fertility; Asia and Oceania
Korean institutionalised adoptionTransactions in rights, transactions in children: a view of adoption from Papua New Guinea; Adoption and belonging in Wogeo, Papua New Guinea; Adoptions in Micronesia: past and present; Central and South America; 'The one who feeds has the rights': adoption and fostering of kin, affines and enemies among the Yukpa and other Carib-speaking Indians of Lowland South America; The circulation of c |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814181303321 |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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