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Describe your latest work. When I started working on Plant-Thinking in 2008, I had no idea that the project would turn out to be as broad as it did.... Continue »

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Plant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life
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Encyclopedia of Adoption 2ND Edition

by Christine Adamec

ISBN13: 9780816040414
ISBN10: 0816040419
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This A-to-Z reference addresses all aspects, social

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Organized alphabetically, this volume covers social, legal, economic, psychological, and political issues revolving around the process of adoption. Topics include statistics on who adopts and who put children up for adoption; the impact of child abuse; interracial adoption; medical issues, such as HIV babies, and children suffering from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; bioethics and how fertility science is affecting adoption; and key legal cases and issues, such as wrongful adoption. Adamec is a freelance writer and a former member of the Florida Adoption Advisory Council. Pierce is President of the National Committee for Adoption.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-348) and index.

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: illbebyeyourside, May 11, 2006 (view all comments by illbebyeyourside)
I had to do a research paper on Open Adoption. Although I didn't quite agree with all that I read, this adoption encycopedia gave me more than enough information and kept me interested in the whole reading and writing process.
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780816040414
Author:: Adamec, Christine
Author:: Pierce, William L.
Publisher:: Facts on File
Location:: New York :
Subject:: Reference
Subject:: United states
Subject:: Adoption
Edition Number:: 2
Series:: Facts on File Library of Health & Living
Series Volume:: no. 346
Publication Date:: January 2000
Binding:: Library Binding
Language:: English
Pages:: 400
Dimensions:: 9.54x7.62x1.24 in. 2.19 lbs.

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