Adopting after infertility : messages from practice, research, and personal experience / edited by Marilyn Crawshaw and Rachel Balen.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The impact of infertility and treatment on individuals and couples / Lone Schmidt -- When treatment ends : the experiences of women and couples / Gayle Letherby -- The shift from medical treatment to adoption : exploring family building options / Petra Thorn -- When infertility arises from a prior health condition : fit to adopt? / Marilyn Crawshaw and Rachel Balen -- Assessing infertile couples for adoption : just what does 'coming to terms with infertility' mean? / Marilyn Crawshaw -- Adoption and infertility : the role of the adoption panel / Jenny Gwilt -- 'For him, it's got to be your own son' : adoption and infertility in British South Asian communities / Lorraine Culley and Nicky Hudson -- 'A sense of belonging' : the experience of a black adopter / Sally Baffour -- Infertility and inter-country adoption / Gill Haworth, Peter Selman, and Jan Way -- A child at last : adoption after infertility / Anthea Hendry and Penny Netherwood -- Nature and nurture : what do theory and research tell us? / Olga van den Akker -- Infertility and adoption : the search for birth parents and the impact on adult family relationships / Julia Feast.

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Adopting after Infertility is an informative interdisciplinary book that addresses the issues that professionals and adopters themselves face when going through the adoption process and the impact of infertility on their experiences. The book includes chapters on the effects of infertility, why people choose adoption and the assessment process.

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