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Birth fathers and their adoption experiences /
Virtually all literature about birth parents of adopted children has focused on mothers. In this pioneering study, Gary Clapton gives us a fresh perspective: he recounts the experiences of thirty birth fathers separated from their children at birth. Discussing different notions of fatherhood, such a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Virtually all literature about birth parents of adopted children has focused on mothers. In this pioneering study, Gary Clapton gives us a fresh perspective: he recounts the experiences of thirty birth fathers separated from their children at birth. Discussing different notions of fatherhood, such as biological paternity, social fatherhood, sperm donorship and the 'father figure', this informative book - the first on birth fathers in adoption - brings new light to issues such as the decision to give up a child for adoption, the child's desire to find his or her birth parents, and the facilitat. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0585480397 9780585480398 9781846423635 1846423635 1283904055 9781283904056 |