title: Cooperative adoption: an alternative to independent adoption.
abstract: This description of an agency-supported independent adoption program may have significance for other adoption programs and policies. Program assumptions and goals, key design features, and problems experienced in implementing the program are described. The program's impact upon an agency's traditional adoption program is discussed, as well as concerns that have long been raised about the ethicality of independent adoption practices.
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D009820:Ohio; D011247:Pregnancy; D012947:Social Work; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology