Ensuring the best interest of the child in intercountry adoption practice: Case studies from the United Kingdom and the United States

Child Welfare

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 656-667

  Selinske, Joanne ^a   Naughton, Dana ^a   Flanagan, Kathleen ^a   Fry, Peter ^b   Pickles, Alison ^b  

^a International Social Service   (United States)

^b United Kingdom Sports Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD WELFARE; ETHICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035465337     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Child Welfare League of America. (2000). CWLA Standards of Excellence for Adoption Services. Washington, DC: Author.
2. Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services. (2001). Standards, S.15, Intercountry Adoption Service Profile. Available online at www.coanet.org/Tool_Box.html.
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6. International Social Service, and the Swedish National Committee of the International Council on Social Welfare. (1997). The child's right to grow up in a family. Geneva, Switzerland: Author.
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