Adoption issues /
There has been an overall decline in the number of adoptions of Australian children over the last 25 years, however past and present adoption practices continue to raise a number of challenging and complex emotional and practical issues. This book examines the adoption experience in Australia, inclu...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Thirroul, N.S.W. :
Spinney Press,
2011
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| Series: | Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ;
v. 326. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | There has been an overall decline in the number of adoptions of Australian children over the last 25 years, however past and present adoption practices continue to raise a number of challenging and complex emotional and practical issues. This book examines the adoption experience in Australia, including local and intercountry adoption and the legal processes involved; adoption trends; identity and disclosure issues; the impacts of past coercive adoption practices on unmarried birth mothers and their children; post-adoption grief and loss; and the same-sex adoption law debate. A number of perso. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (60 pages) : color illustrations |
| Audience: | For secondary school age. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 59) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781921507458 1921507454 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
