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Peer reviewedMiall, Charlene E. – Journal of Family Issues, 1998
Given that the community is an important stakeholder in adoption, community viewpoints (N=150) on open adoption, birth reunions, and disclosure of confidential information are investigated. Fixed and open-ended questions were used. Comparisons are made to similar research on the adoption triangle. Community involvement in public-policy formation…
Descriptors: Adoption, Children, Community Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Direct linkMiall, Charlene E.; March, Karen – Family Relations, 2005
Community attitudes toward birth fathers were examined using 82 exploratory qualitative interviews and 706 survey respondents in Canada. Community attitudes were more positive toward birth fathers raising their children over adoption, when birth mothers were unable or unwilling to parent the child. Overall, respondents considered birth fathers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Attitudes, Fathers, Adoption
