Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption /

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"Pioneering adoption activist Jean Paton (1908-2002) fought effectively for 50 years to reform American adoption. Paton gave adult adoptees a voice and provided them with a healthy self-image; facilitated thousands of meetings between adult adoptees and their families of origin; fought to open...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Carp, E. Wayne, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Paton, Jean M., > 1908-2002
Paton, Jean M., > 1908-2002.
Social workers.
Open adoption.
Birthparents.
Adoption.
Adoptees.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Adoption & Fostering.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
Travailleurs sociaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Parents naturels > États-Unis > Histoire.
Adoptes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Adoption ouverte > États-Unis > Histoire.
Adoption > États-Unis > Histoire.
Social workers > United States > Biography.
Birthparents > United States > History.
Adoptees > United States > History.
Open adoption > United States > History.
Adoption > United States > History.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The search for identity
  • The birth of a reformer
  • The Life History Study Center
  • On the road
  • Religion and reunion
  • Illegitimacy, traumatic neurosis, and the problem of affliction
  • Orphan Voyage
  • Orphan Voyage moves south
  • The new adoption reform movement
  • Organizing the movement
  • Sealed adoption records
  • Ombudsman
  • The American Adoption Congress
  • Straight ahead
  • The great American tragedy.

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