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Lesbian and gay fostering and adoption: out of the closet into the mainstream?

  • Helen Cosis-Brown
    ,
  • Christine Cocker
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

Recent public debates have discussed lesbians and gay men caring for children as a novel phenomenon, but such arrangements are not new. Helen Cosis Brown and Christine Cocker track debates concerning lesbian and gay families and examine the relationship between policy and practice that is evidence based and ideologically driven. They outline the complexities of adoption and fostering practice within its political and social context and argue that the paramountcy of the child's welfare is the lynchpin to understanding the issues involved with the placement of children with lesbian and gay carers. The emphasis, in examining the detail of practice, is on recruitment, assessment, matching and support.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 19-30

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Adoption and Fostering (Volume 32, Issue 4)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2008

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2008

ISSN

0308-5759

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/296889
  • Scopus: 77950738818

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