CDFS 418 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Hysterectomy, Artificial Insemination, Surrogacy
16 Apr 2018
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Provides a legal process that creates a parent-child relationship between individuals who are not biologically related (schulman & behrman, 1993). Research indicates that adopted children fare much better than those who are reared in institutional environments or in foster care. Family communication patterns related to adoption are linked to the child"s adjustment. More open acknowledgement of difference facilitates healthier adjustment than a closed. California kids connection - features california foster children who need permanent, loving, adoptive families. Kinship center - builds adoptive and other families where children can heal from past abuse or neglect and grow to healthy adulthood. National adoption center - provides free services such as public awareness and recruitment; Adoptionmatch - created by the national adoption center, adoptmatch helps families find adoption agencies that fit their needs. Infertility is the inability to conceive a baby after trying for a period of 1 year.
