(Ebook) Adoption: Changing Families, Changing Lives by Anthony Douglas, Terry Philpot ISBN 9780203167434, 9780203282991, 9780415256841, 9780415256858, 0203167430, 020328299X, 0415256844, 0415256852

(Ebook) Adoption: Changing Families, Changing Lives by Anthony Douglas, Terry Philpot ISBN 9780203167434, 9780203282991, 9780415256841, 9780415256858, 0203167430, 020328299X, 0415256844, 0415256852

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.