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Single‐Person Adoption: For and Against
Author(s) -
Owen Morag
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1994.tb00421.x
Subject(s) - psychology , sociology , social psychology
SUMMARY. With the support of the Department of Health, Bristol University is carrying out a small‐scale research study of single‐person adoption. In advance of the findings, the author surveys existing arguments for and against the approval of single people as adoptive parents. The debate raises some larger questions—not simply about adoption and necessary safeguards, but about the nature of the approval process itself.