 | Adoption: Changing Families, Changing Times Subjects: Health and Social Care; Politics & International Relations; Development Studies Environment Social Work Urban Studies; Social Sciences; Social Work; Social Work and Social Policy; Public Administration & Management; Sociology & Social Policy; Adoption and Fostering; Child and Family Social Work; Public Policy; Social Policy; Adoption: Changing Families, Changing Times draws together contributions from all those with an interest in adoption: adopted people; birth parents and adoptive parents; practitioners and managers in the statutory and voluntary sectors; academics and policy makers. Chapters on research and policy are interspersed with those from people with first-hand experience of being adopted, becoming an adoptive parent or giving a child up for adoption. Together, they provide unique insights into a subject that although regularly in the media is often surrounded by prejudice and misconception. Topics covered include: * children and young people in care * trying to adopt * waiting for adoption * life after adoption * the politics of adoption. This accessible text offers a comprehensive view of adoption policy, practice and services and analyses why adoption has become so controversial. It provides professional and general reader alike with a fully rounded picture of adoption and exposes some of the myths surrounding it. |
