The emotional aftermath of adoption.

Abstract:

:Adopted children are emotionally vulnerable. Adoptive parents must cope with more complex problems than biologic parents. The family physician can provide valuable counseling. Preadoption counseling focuses on motivation and ambivalence. After adoption, however, serious, sometimes predictable, issues arise, such as: how and when to tell the child he is adopted; the child's search for knowledge; the problem of subsequent divorce; the birth of a natural sibling, and the involvement of other family members. New concepts include "open adoption" and "single parent adoption."

journal_name

Am Fam Physician

authors

Nadelson CC

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1976-09-01 00:00:00

pages

124-7

issue

3

eissn

0002-838X

issn

1532-0650

journal_volume

14

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