The Dynamics of Adoption: Social & Personal Perspectives In Stock Now

Documenting experiences representative of all those involved in the adoption process - adoptee, adoptive, birth parent and professional - and informed by psychoanalytic and social and cultural theory perspectives, this important addition to the literature on adoption highlights a new dimension in social policy, welfare work and personal accounts in this field. This book will enable practitioners, policy makers and families themselves to appreciate the many layers of the difficult process of adoption, and to apply this understanding creatively to their own decisions and experiences.