Adoption
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...to foster families who adopt and to families who adopt children with disabilities. See also foster care , guardian and ward . See M. Kornitzer, Adoption (2d ed. 1967); M. L. Leavy, Law of Adoption (3d ed. 1968); M. K. Benet, The Politics of Adoption (1976); P. Bean, ed., Adoption: Essays in Social Policy, Law, and Sociology (1984); E. W. Carp, Family Matters: Secrecy and Disclosure in the History of Adoption (1999...