title: The dialectics of open versus closed adoption of infants.
abstract: The controversy concerning open versus closed adoption is mired in theoretical dialectics and cannot be resolved without longitudinal research. Adoptive parents and biological parents should be given the choice of participating in open or closed adoptions.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000300:Adoption; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians; D009034:Mother-Child Relations