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Thicker Than Blood : Bonds of Fantasy and Reality in Adoption

, by Kramer, Selma

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ISBN: 9780765702661 | 0765702665
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 8/1/2000

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Summary

Thicker Than Blood addresses in depth the impact of adoption on biological parents, adoptive parents, adopted children, and siblings.

Acknowledgment

Contributors

xiii

The Multifaceted Psychosocial Impact of Adoption

(18)

M. Hossein Etezady

Salman Akhtar

Selma Kramer

Bonding Across Difference

(42)

Carlotta G. Miles

Separation--Individuation Theory and Interracial Adoption

(30)

Discussion of Miles's Chapter ``Bonding Across Difference''

Katherine Reed

Attachment and Separation-Individuation in Foreign-Born Children Adopted after the Age of Five Months

(30)

Elaine Frank

Denise Rowe

From Foreign Born to Feeling at Home

121

(18)

Discussion of Frank and Rowe's Chapter, ``Attachment and Separation-Individuation in Foreign-Born Children Adopted after the Age of Five Months''

Jennifer M. Bonovitz

Attachment Theory in the Light of Adoption Research

139

(14)

Marshall D. Schechter

Attachment and Its Vicissitudes

153

(18)

Discussion of Schechter's Chapter ``Attachment Theory in the Light of Adoption Research''

Ira Brenner

Adoption, Insecurity, and Fear of Attachment: An Illustrative Psychoanalytic Case Study

171

(28)

Martin A. Silverman

The Pain of Broken Bonds

199

(12)

Discussion of Silverman's Chapter ``Adoption, Insecurity, and Fear of Attachment''

Paul R. Viola

Toward Optimizing the Adopted Child's Development

211

(24)

Concluding Reflections

Robert C. Prall

Henri Parens

Index

235

Thicker Than Blood : Bonds of Fantasy and Reality in Adoption

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