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Adoption and Surrogate Pregnancy
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 54.00Adoption and surrogate pregnancy are the two most realistic options currently available for millions of couples unable to have biological children. This text covers the ways in which adoption and surrogate pregnancy overlap and influence each other, the nuances that further complicate matters, and the controversies surrounding both issues. more...
How Does Foster Care Work?
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2011; US$ 85.00How Does Foster Care Work? is an international collection of empirical studies on the outcomes of children in foster care. Drawing on research and perspectives from leading international figures in children's services across the developed world, the book provides an evidence base for programme planning, policy and practice. more...
Understanding and Working with Parents of Children in Long-Term Foster Care
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2011; US$ 36.95For children growing up in foster care, the role of their birth parents is an important factor in the success of their long-term placements. Understanding the experiences of parents is therefore essential for social workers. This book set out a model of good practice, based on the experiences of these parents and social workers. more...
British-Indian Adult Children of Divorce
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 99.95This is the first book to analyze the experiences of British-Indian adult children of divorce and contextualize their experiences within the larger multi-cultural polity of the UK. It also discusses the value and implications of understanding the divorce phenomenon and how it is experienced within this community to present insights into what multi-cultural... more...
Baby Shock!
Ebury Publishing 2011; US$ 12.00Babyshock! is for any parents who have forgotten what it's like to be a couple because their children have taken over their lives. The experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and caring for children are wonderful, but also put a great deal of pressure on a relationship. This book identifies the pressures and provides excellent practical and emotional... more...
The Economics of the Family and Family Policy
Edward Elgar Publishing 1999; US$ 40.00?Francisco Cabrillo?s book is a masterful and much needed overview of the economics of the family, one of the ?heterodox? subjects in which economists have in the last decades proved the fruitfulness of their analytic apparatus. Written with the general reader in view, both economists and non-economists will enjoy this book. It covers not only a... more...
A Princess Found
St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 16.99Sarah Culberson was adopted one year after her birth by a loving, white, West Virginian couple and was raised in the United States with little knowledge of her ancestry. Though raised in a loving family, Sarah wanted to know more about the birth parents that had given her up. In 2004, she hired a private investigator to track down her biological... more...
Caring for Abused and Neglected Children
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2011; US$ 42.50This book compares the experiences and progress of children who remained in care or returned to their birth families up to four years after the decision was taken. It covers how the decision is made, the factors taken into account when making it and provides important suggestions for effective decision-making. more...
Child-Centred Foster Care
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2011; US$ 32.95This book sets out a child-centred approach to foster care which argues against thinking about children purely from a psychological perspective and instead places children's views, rights and needs at the centre of care. It sets out the theory behind working with children who are fostered, and discusses children's views about the fostering system. more...
Families with Adolescents
Springer 2011; US$ 99.99This book focuses a unique panoramic lens on the study of adolescent development. It offers a clear blueprint for more consistently improved practice, emphasizing family process and structure instead of individual developmental stages. more...









