Adoption and assisted reproduction
Subtitle: families under construction
By: Susan Frelich Appleton, D. Kelly Weisberg.
Contributors: Weisberg, D. Kelly.
Publisher: Aspen Publishers; Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780735578135
Subjects: Adoption -- Law and legislation -- United States; Human reproductive technology -- Law and legislation -- United States
Description: "Adoption and Assisted Reproduction: Families Under Construction provides an in-depth exploration of the controversial issues emerging out of biotechnology and society's expanding understanding of family identity. Authors Appleton and Weisberg combine solid treatment of the law and carefully and carefully crafted additional content to elicit analysis and fuel class discussion." --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings; title: Ending the original parent-child relationship; title: Choosing an adoptive family; title: Legal consequences of adoption; title: Adoption across state and national boundaries; title: Alternative insemination; title: In vitro fertilization; title: Assisted reproduction across state and national boundaries.