Adoption

<p><em>Adoption: Changing Families Changing Times </em>draws together contributions from all those with an interest in adoption: adopted people; birth parents and adoptive parents; practitioners and managers in the statutory and voluntary sectors; academics and policy makers. Chapters on research and policy are interspersed with those from people with first-hand experience of being adopted becoming an adoptive parent or giving a child up for adoption. Together they provide unique insights into a subject that although regularly in the media is often surrounded by prejudice and misconception. Topics covered include:<br><br>* children and young people in care<br>* trying to adopt<br>* waiting for adoption<br>* life after adoption<br>* the politics of adoption.<br><br>This accessible text offers a comprehensive view of adoption policy practice and services and analyses why adoption has become so controversial. It provides professional and general reader alike with a fully rounded picture of adoption and exposes some of the myths surrounding it.</p>