Adoption nation
Subtitle: how the adoption revolution is transforming America
By: Adam Pertman
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780465056514; 9780465056507
Subjects: Juridische aspecten; Adoptie; Adoption; Ouder-kind-relaties
Description: "In Adoption Nation, Adam Pertman provides valuable insights into the pleasures and perils of adoption. He shows how it now affects almost all our lives, whether we realize it or not. And he lays out the ways in which policymakers should revise our laws to improve the process of adoption, stop treating members of the "adoption triad" as second-class citizens, and remove the obstacles that keep the children who most need permanent homes from getting them.".

"Filled with up-to-the-minute information and a wealth of dramatic real-life stories, Adoption Nation is essential reading for adoptive families, for anyone contemplating adopting a child, and for the more than 22 million Americans who are touched by or curious about this extraordinary cultural transformation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-326) and index.
Table of contents: title: Out of the shadows, into our lives; title: A legal maze from coast to coast; title: Joy and surprises from abroad; title: Adoptees: the quest for identity; title: Birth parents: a painful dilemma; title: Adoptive parents: infertility begets a family; title: Special needs, diverse families; title: The money's the problem; title: Old lessons for a new world.