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3. The Child

3. The Child AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK February, 1967 PAMELA ROBERTS Certainly illnesses such as family history of I think we cannot stress too much the social diabetes or idiopathic epilepsy will invariably worker's great responsibility to the child; in fact this is of supreme importance in adoption result in the paediatrician either deferring or practice. The other two parties in the procedure not approving the baby. If there is a history of psychiatric illness, this may be another area may at least be articulate and have their say. of doubt. There is no uniformity of decision The baby cannot. I should mention here that here and a good deal more work and investi- I am talking mainly about infant adoption. gation is needed in this area of adoption prac- The supreme importance of our responsi- tice. We would like all paediatricians to have bility to the child is well recognized in the engraved on their hearts Bowlby's (1) words: N.S.W. Act, which says, and I quote, "The "To dub a baby unfit for adoption is probably welfare and interests of the child concerned to condemn him to a deprived and unhappy shall be regarded as the paramount considera- life." In http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

3. The Child

Roberts, Pamela
Australian Journal of Social Work , Volume 20 (1): 2 – Feb 1, 1967
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3. The Child

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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK February, 1967 PAMELA ROBERTS Certainly illnesses such as family history of I think we cannot stress too much the social diabetes or idiopathic epilepsy will invariably worker's great responsibility to the child; in fact this is of supreme importance in adoption result in the paediatrician either deferring or practice. The other two parties in the procedure not approving the baby. If there is a history of psychiatric illness, this may be another area may...
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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK February, 1967 PAMELA ROBERTS Certainly illnesses such as family history of I think we cannot stress too much the social diabetes or idiopathic epilepsy will invariably worker's great responsibility to the child; in fact this is of supreme importance in adoption result in the paediatrician either deferring or practice. The other two parties in the procedure not approving the baby. If there is a history of psychiatric illness, this may be another area may at least be articulate and have their say. of doubt. There is no uniformity of decision The baby cannot. I should mention here that here and a good deal more work and investi- I am talking mainly about infant adoption. gation is needed in this area of adoption prac- The supreme importance of our responsi- tice. We would like all paediatricians to have bility to the child is well recognized in the engraved on their hearts Bowlby's (1) words: N.S.W. Act, which says, and I quote, "The "To dub a baby unfit for adoption is probably welfare and interests of the child concerned to condemn him to a deprived and unhappy shall be regarded as the paramount considera- life." In

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Australian Journal of Social Work – Taylor & Francis

Published: Feb 1, 1967

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