Formed families
Subtitle: adoption of children with handicaps
By: Laraine Masters Glidden, editor.
Contributors: Glidden, Laraine Masters, 1943-
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Adoption -- United States; Children with disabilities -- United States -- Family relationships; Parents of children with disabilities -- United States
Description: This book is about adoptions where the adoptive child is handicapped. It documents how and why adoption has changed to a service that emphasizes parents for children rather than children for parents.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Also ... published as Journal of children in contemporary society, volume 21, numbers 3/4, 1990"--T.p. verso.