Legal, casework, and ethical issues in "risk adoption".
"Risk adoption" has received extremely little attention in the literature. The issues raised in this article must be more thoroughly researched before the method is advanced further by the service community. To proceed in the direction of use of "risk adoption" without necessary research regarding potential ramifications may invite difficulties in the future.
D000300:Adoption; D002648:Child; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians; D012306:Risk; D014481:United States