Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Randolph Severson -- pt. I. Foundations. Ch. 1. Living the Experience. Ch. 2. Values in Adoption -- pt. II. Explorations. Ch. 3. Ethical Inquiry. Ch. 4. Ethical Codes Influencing Adoption Practice -- pt. III. Contentions. Ch. 5. When Professional Values Collide -- pt. IV. Recommendations. Ch. 6. Recommended Model for Ethical Standards in Adoption -- pt. V. Challenges. Ch. 7. Challenges to Change. App. B. Are You Considering Adoption? Information for Expectant Parents -- App. C. Texas Child Protective Services Supervisor Competencies.
Summary
Destined to be seminal in the fields of ethics and adoption, this book offers numerous case studies describing what is wrong with America's adoption system, illustrating what the lack of applied ethical standards in adoption does to adoptees and to those who love them, and raising many questions about what adoption facilitators are doing, who is accountable for what they are doing, and whose interests they are serving.