A child for every family? Characterizations of "adoptable" foster children in online permanency advocacy publications...The 2017 annual convention of the National Communication Association in Dallas, TX, USA.
Despite the prevalence of children in need of adoption from the U.S. foster care system, only one of every 28 individuals who contact an adoption agency adopt from foster care. In response, adoption professionals create photolistings to maximize the pool of available prospective adoptive families an...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Social & Personal Relationships Vol. 37; no. 7; pp. 2098 - 2118 |
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| Formato: | proceedings research Journal Article |
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Sage Publications, Ltd.
Jul2020
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