Psychological Issues in Adoption: Research and Practice
- ISBN-10
- 0275979709
- ISBN-13
- 9780275979706
- Category
- Psychology / General
- Pages
- 346
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Authors
- David M. Brodzinsky, Jesús Palacios
Description
Shows how changes in social and sexual mores in Western countries over the last three decades have decreased the number of babies born and adoptable, thus creating a new state of adoption for adoptive children and parents in North America.
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