{"title":"Women, Motherhood, and Infertility: The Social and Historical Context","authors":"Rita Rhodes","doi":"10.4324/9781315791616-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315791616-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":248370,"journal":{"name":"Infertility and Adoption","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125134333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Open Adoptions: Practice and Policy Issues","authors":"R. McRoy, H. Grotevant","doi":"10.4324/9781315791616-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315791616-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":248370,"journal":{"name":"Infertility and Adoption","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128651571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teleconference Technology in Adoption: Utilizing Educational Television in Adoption Preparation","authors":"R. Howell","doi":"10.4324/9781315791616-12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315791616-12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":248370,"journal":{"name":"Infertility and Adoption","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116074170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Post-Legal Adoption Services: A Lifelong Commitment","authors":"M. E. Spencer","doi":"10.4324/9781315791616-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315791616-11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":248370,"journal":{"name":"Infertility and Adoption","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115303604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychosocial Evaluation of the Infertile Couple: Implications for Social Work Practice","authors":"S. N. Covington","doi":"10.4324/9781315791616-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315791616-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":248370,"journal":{"name":"Infertility and Adoption","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129533552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Support to Persons Experiencing Infertility: Family and Friends Can Help","authors":"P. Mahlstedt, P. Johnson","doi":"10.4324/9781315791616-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315791616-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":248370,"journal":{"name":"Infertility and Adoption","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125648443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Placement Disruptions: Perspectives of Adoptive Parents","authors":"D. Valentine, Pat Conway, Jerry L. Randolph","doi":"10.1300/J291V06N01_10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J291V06N01_10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":248370,"journal":{"name":"Infertility and Adoption","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115661396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reproductive Losses and Grieving","authors":"Pat Conway, D. Valentine","doi":"10.1300/J291V06N01_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J291V06N01_05","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the findings from a qualitative research study exploring ten couples' experiences with reproductive loss, infertility, miscarriage, and stillbirth. Following the primary loss, that of a biological child, couples identified five categories of associated losses: the experience of pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding; parenting; control; relationships; and one's view of oneself as a fertile individual. Feelings of shock, unfairness, fear, anger, a sense of being different from others, and intense sadness characterized the grieving process. Six factors mediated the grieving process: multiple losses, existing relationships, one's perception of being the victim or \"cause\" of the loss, gender, recognition of the loss, and cultural factors. The quality of grieving did change over time, but the impact of reproductive loss never completely disappeared.","PeriodicalId":248370,"journal":{"name":"Infertility and Adoption","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121567498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Institution of Adoption: Its Sources and Perpetuation","authors":"L. H. Pelton","doi":"10.1300/J291V06N01_08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J291V06N01_08","url":null,"abstract":"Historical adoption trends are examined in the context of changing child welfare policies (including the permanency planning movement), the social circumstances and causes of the surrender of children for adoption, and women's rights. The focus is on the \"front end\" of the adoption system, including the perspectives of the birth parents and the range of options that were available to them at the time of surrender. The nature of the relationship between poverty and adoption is explored.","PeriodicalId":248370,"journal":{"name":"Infertility and Adoption","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123069388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vulnerability to Crises During the Life Cycle of the Adoptive Family","authors":"Dorothy W. LePere","doi":"10.1300/J291V06N01_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J291V06N01_07","url":null,"abstract":"Infertility is a major stressor in the lives of married couples: Recent studies also indicate that adoption understanding is a life crisis for the child adoptee. The losses experienced by adoptive parents and adopted children have an impact not only on the development of these individuals, but also on tie family as it meets developmental milestones. Because of the differences in the formation of the adoptive family, the family is more vulnerable to dysfunction over the life cycle than nonadoptive families. This article will explore the nature of these crises and the implications for interventions with the family.","PeriodicalId":248370,"journal":{"name":"Infertility and Adoption","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115477079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}