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Adopting after infertility : messages from practice, research, and personal experience / edited by Marilyn Crawshaw and Rachel Balen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adoption.
- Counseling.
- Infertility--Psychology.
- Infertility.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Adopting after Infertility is an informative interdisciplinary book that addresses the issues that professionals and adopters themselves face when going through the adoption process and the impact of infertility on their experiences. The book includes chapters on the effects of infertility, why people choose adoption and the assessment process.
- Contents:
- Adopting After Infertility: Messages from Practice, Research and Personal Experience; Introduction; 1. The Impact of Infertility and Treatment on Individuals and Couples; 2. When Treatment Ends: The Experience of Women and Couples; 3. The Shift from Medical Treatment to Adoption: Exploring Family Building Options; 4. Where Infertility Arises from a Prior Health Condition - Fit to Adopt?; 5. Assessing Infertile Couples for Adoption: Just What Does 'Coming to Terms with Infertility' Mean?; 6. Adoption and Infertility: The Role of the Adoption Panel
- 7. 'For Him, It's Got to Be Your Own Son': Adoption and Infertility in British South Asian Communities8. 'A Sense of Belonging': The Experience of a Black Adopter; 9. Infertility and Inter-Country Adoption; 10. A Child at Last: Adoption after Infertility; 11. Nature and Nurture: What Do Theory and Research Tell Us?; 12. Infertility and Adoption: The Search for Birth Parents and the Impact on Adult Family Relationships; Final Thoughts; Biographies; Subject Index; Author Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-90713-5
- 0-85700-390-9
- OCLC:
- 711747232
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