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Tables of Contents for Openness in Adoption
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
x
Openness in Adoption: The Issues, the Debates, and Evidence to Date
1
24
Changing Agency Practices Toward Openness in Adoption
25
42
Susan Henney
Steven J. Onken
Method
67
16
Outcomes for Children
83
24
Gretchen Miller Wrobel
Susan Ayers-Lopez
Julie K. Kohler
Meredith Friedrick
Adoptive Parents' Perspectives on Their Roles and Relationships With Birthparents
107
28
Deborah Lewis Fravel
Carol Elde
Birthmothers' Adjustment and Resolution of Grief
135
38
Cinda Christian
Chalandra Bryant
The Adoptive Kinship Network: Putting the Perspectives Together
173
22
Manfred van Dulmen
General Conclusions and Implications
195
14
References
209
8
Author Index
217
4
Subject Index
221
6
About the Authors
227