
The Many-Sided Triangle
Audrey Marshall(Author)
Melbourne University Press
Published on 11. March 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
291 pages
978-0-522-84943-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Many-Sided Triangle is a paradoxical image which seeks to capture the complexity of child adoption. A single adoption profoundly touches the lives of so many people-the child itself, its birth mother, its birth father, its adoptive parent or parents, and their relatives and friends. This is the very first comprehensive account of the history of adoption in Australia, its law and practice. The book's careful consideration of changing social contexts throws light on why adoption reached such a peak of popularity in the early 1970s, then rapidly declined. The authors welcome our present understanding of its long-term human effects-but might the new orthodoxies in adoption and permanent alternate care sometimes prove as coercive as the old ones? Audrey Marshall and Margaret McDonald write from long professional experience as social workers. They look at the drama of adoption from the viewpoint of all the participants, including workers in the various systems. Using many case examples, they give the people involved a chance to have their say. The Many-Sided Triangle is not only an invaluable handbook for workers, professionals, a
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Language
English
Place of publication
Carlton
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
ISBN-13
978-0-522-84943-1 (9780522849431)
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Margaret McDonald was Officer-in-Charge of the NSW State Adoption Service, 1985 89. Audrey Marshall was for ten years Director of Counselling, Family Court of Australia. Between them they have some seventy years' experience in direct casework, development of services and contribution to adoption policy.