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Examining the Intersection of Ethics and Adoption

Examining the Intersection of Ethics and Adoption ADOPTION QUARTERLY 2021, VOL. 24, NO. 1, 1–4 https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2020.1830326 INTRODUCTION a b Bibiana D. Koh and JaeRan Kim a b Augsburg University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; University of Washington, Tacoma, Washington, USA Ethics are implicitly embedded in nearly every aspect of adoption. They are at the heart of our professional practice – including, but not exclusive to, educators, medical practitioners, lawyers, mental health providers, adoption advocates, researchers, and genetic counselors. Since Babb’s(1999) book on Ethics in American Adoption, and Freundlich’s(2000; 2001) four-volume series on Adoption and Ethics, little has been written with an explicit focus on ethics in adoption. Thus, the aim of this special issue was to focus on broadening our knowledge of how ethics explicitly intersects with adoption. Toward this end, in this special issue we set out to expand our know- ledge of ethics and adoption by considering how professional disciplines’ (e.g., social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, medical, etc.) codes of ethics help to navigate practice. Some examples of this practice may include guiding or informing the assessment and training of prospect- ive adoptive parents; the matching and placement processes; working with expectant parents in options counseling and/or termination of parental rights; navigating disruptions/dissolutions; transracial http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adoption Quarterly Taylor & Francis

Examining the Intersection of Ethics and Adoption

Koh, Bibiana D.; Kim, JaeRan
Adoption Quarterly , Volume 24 (1): 4 – Jan 2, 2021
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Examining the Intersection of Ethics and Adoption

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ADOPTION QUARTERLY 2021, VOL. 24, NO. 1, 1–4 https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2020.1830326 INTRODUCTION a b Bibiana D. Koh and JaeRan Kim a b Augsburg University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; University of Washington, Tacoma, Washington, USA Ethics are implicitly embedded in nearly every aspect of adoption. They are at the heart of our professional practice – including, but not exclusive to, educators, medical practitioners, lawyers, mental health providers, adoption advocates,...
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ADOPTION QUARTERLY 2021, VOL. 24, NO. 1, 1–4 https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2020.1830326 INTRODUCTION a b Bibiana D. Koh and JaeRan Kim a b Augsburg University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; University of Washington, Tacoma, Washington, USA Ethics are implicitly embedded in nearly every aspect of adoption. They are at the heart of our professional practice – including, but not exclusive to, educators, medical practitioners, lawyers, mental health providers, adoption advocates, researchers, and genetic counselors. Since Babb’s(1999) book on Ethics in American Adoption, and Freundlich’s(2000; 2001) four-volume series on Adoption and Ethics, little has been written with an explicit focus on ethics in adoption. Thus, the aim of this special issue was to focus on broadening our knowledge of how ethics explicitly intersects with adoption. Toward this end, in this special issue we set out to expand our know- ledge of ethics and adoption by considering how professional disciplines’ (e.g., social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, medical, etc.) codes of ethics help to navigate practice. Some examples of this practice may include guiding or informing the assessment and training of prospect- ive adoptive parents; the matching and placement processes; working with expectant parents in options counseling and/or termination of parental rights; navigating disruptions/dissolutions; transracial

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