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Adopting after infertility: messages from practice, research and personal experience
- Editors:
- CRAWSHAW Marilyn, BALEN Rachel, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 208p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The editors provide an accessible, insightful, and sometimes emotive, account of what it means to be infertile, how the adoption process works, and what it is like to be an adoptive parent. Around three quarters of people who turn to adoption do so because of infertility and those working in the field need information, guidance and support to assist them in supporting the adopters and to deal with any issues that may result from infertility. This interdisciplinary book brings together discussion of theoretical perspectives and the psychological and social difficulties that must be negotiated by those seeking to adopt. Chapters cover the effects of infertility, why people may choose adoption and the assessment and preparation process. The book also looks at what an Adoption Panel needs to know about the prospective parents, the experiences of those coming to adoption from minority communities or when living with health conditions and post-adoption support needs. Personal accounts from those with experience of adopting after infertility are included throughout the book. The book is written with the needs of professionals and students of social work, psychology, health, mental health and counselling in mind.
Sexuality and fertility issues in ill health and disability: from early adolescence to adulthood
- Editors:
- BALEN Rachel, CRAWSHAW Marilyn, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 304p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This text explores sexuality and fertility issues for young people living with ill health or disability. This subject is often considered taboo, although for some of those coping with sexual or fertility impairment, it can be as difficult as coping with the disability or health condition itself. Bringing together personal, professional and academic perspectives from a variety of disciplines and located within a life-course development framework, this book takes a holistic view of young people moving towards adulthood and examines the impact of illness or disability on their sexual and fertile identities. The broad range of chapters includes the experiences of minority ethnic groups, managing relationships, fertility preservation and treatment, and the transition to parenthood.