The Encyclopedia of Adoption, 3rd Edition (Facts on File Library of Health and Living)

Alphabetically arranged entries provide information on the social, legal, economic, psychological, and political aspects of adoption.

This AtoZ reference addresses all aspects—social, legal, economic, psychological, political—of the modern adoption experience, while providing clear and detailed definitions for the maze of terminology that has arisen. More than 400 entries cover such topics as:

• Statistics on who put children up for adoption and who adopts
• Why the number of couples who want to adopt exceeds the number of babies available
• The psychological effects of adoption
• The impact of child abuse
• The usefulness of support groups.
• The second edition features new and expanded entries on:
• Transracial adoptions, adoptions by gays and lesbians, and international adoptions
• The latest research findings on adolescent adoptees and children adopted from orphanages
• Medical issues, such as cocaine babies, HIV-positive babies, and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Legal issues, such as wrongful adoption, updated federal and state laws, and key cases (such as Baby Richard and Baby Jessica)
• Health issues, such as medical record evaluations by physicians
• Plus, extensive, updated appendixes of key resources, including listings of social services offices, adoption agencies, adoptive parent groups, and revised charts and tables of adoption demographics in the U.S.

Savannah Schroll Guz - Library Journal

The product of a collaboration between Adamec (The Encyclopedia of Child Abuse) and pediatrician Miller (The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine), this single-volume guide, first published in 1992, offers an extensive exploration of adoption-related subjects through more than 400 entries, many of them new. Topics range from the genetic and medical to the financial; new coverage includes the Adoption and Safe Families Act, laws concerning adoptions by gays and lesbians, and international adoptions. The work also provides a thoroughgoing exploration of each topic's often myriad ramifications. Adamec's introduction unravels a fascinating history of adoption, from Babylonian law to contemporary practices. Appendixes contain a detailed clarification of relevant state laws and list state and provincial adoption organizations. This edition is essential for both public libraries and early childhood development collections.

When the first colonists arrived in what would become the United States, they confronted the reality that in order to survive, they would have to tame the land and make it work for them. In addition to these early settlers were those brought to North America against their will-enslaved Africans who were forced to toil in intolerable conditions. From these beginnings developed the fabled Puritan work ethic that has become the standard for Americans in the workplace-a standard that has both proponents and opponents. The agrarian economy of the early United States was eventually transformed by the Industrial Revolution. Amid the new reality of mass-production, workers organized-demanding better wages, safer working environments, and an end to child labor. The unique challenges that African-American and female employees faced spawned separate movements that are still relevant in a less-than-equal workplace. The future direction of working in America is complicated, as technological innovation and globalization drastically transform both working conditions and the composition of the American workforce Includes Information On The Adoption And Safe Families Act, A Federal Law Created To Encourage The Adoption Of Foster Children. This Encyclopedia Also Includes Information On Other Adoption Issues Such As Laws Concerning Adoptions By Gays And Lesbians, Tax Issues, School And Adopted Children, Birthfather Rights, Transracial Adoptions, And More. The Encyclopedia of Adoption, Third Edition provides accessible, up-to-date information in more than 400 concise entries and covers many new developments since publication of the previous edition