Taking sides
Subtitle: clashing views on controversial issues in family and personal relationships
By: Selected, edited and with an introduction by Elizabeth Schroeder
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780072435689
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Marriage; Family; Relations humaines; Mariage; Famille
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Is it ever appropriate to spank a child?; title: Does the U.S. need a parental-rights amendment?; title: Are single-parent families a major cause of social dysfunction?; title: Can we raise "gender-neutral" children?; title: Does divorce create long-term negative effects for children?; title: Should parents be allowed to opt out of vaccinating their kids?; title: Should parents of deaf children choose cochlear implant surgery; title: Should parents surgically alter their intersex infants?; title: Should the Senate ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child?; title: Should minors be required to get their parents' permission in order to obtain an abortion?; title: Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry legally?; title: Should lesbian and gay couples be allowed to adopt?; title: Should people not cohabit before getting married?; title: Do women and men communicate differently?; title: Should prostitution be legal?; title: Is court-ordered child support doing more harm than good?; title: Should health insurers be required to pay for infertility treatments?; title: Should male prison inmates be allowed to father children?; title: Should Congress facilitate transracial adoptions?