Cover; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Adoption, Secrecy, and the Desire for Reunion; 2 Methodological Issues Involved in the Study of Contact with Birth Mothers; 3 Desire for Contact with Birth Mothers and the Reflected Appraisals of Others; 4 The Search; 5 Contact with the Birth Mother; 6 Interaction of Adoptees and Birth Mothers, Negotiation of Roles, and Long-term Contact; 7 Completion of Self and Satisfaction with the Contact with the Birth Mother; 8 Conclusion; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
Summary
Any adoptee, adoptive parent, or birth parent may be faced with the reality of contact. The stories told in this book will help them cope with that event and provide others with the knowledge and insight needed to understand and support those who initiated it
Analysis
Adopted persons
Canada
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes
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