Parenthood and Open Adoption: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis by Man

Description: Parenthood and Open Adoption by Mandi MacDonald Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description This book explores what it is like to be involved in contemporary open adoption, characterised by varying forms of contact with birth relatives, from an adoptive parent point of view. The book also addresses current child welfare concerns, and suggestions are made for adoption practice. Publisher Description This book explores what it is like to be involved incontemporary open adoption, characterised by varying forms of contact withbirth relatives, from an adoptive parent point of view.The authors fine-grained interpretative phenomenologicalanalysis of adopters accounts reveals the complexity of kinship for thosewhose most significant relationships are made, unmade and permanently alteredthrough adoption. MacDonald distinctively connects adoption to widersociological theories of relatedness and personal life, and focuses on domesticnon-kin adoption of children from state care, including compulsory adoption. Thebook also addresses current child welfare concerns, and suggestions are madefor adoption practice. The book will be of interest to scholars and studentswith an interest in adoption, social work, child welfare, foster care, family andsociology. Author Biography Mandi MacDonald is Lecturer in social work at Queens University, Belfast, UK.She has extensive social work experience in statutory child welfare services inNorthern Ireland, most recently undertaking permanence planning and publicadoption for children in care. Details ISBN 1137576448 ISBN-13 9781137576446 Title Parenthood and Open Adoption Author Mandi MacDonald Format Hardcover Year 2016 Pages 142 Edition 1st Publisher Palgrave Macmillan GE_Item_ID:137655150; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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