title: Ensuring the best interest of the child in intercountry adoption practice: case studies from the United Kingdom and the United States.
abstract: Each year, thousands of children who cross international borders are destined for homes with adoptive families. For most, this journey from their homeland brings them to loving new homes where they will thrive and prosper. For others, the journey is hazardous and the destination uncertain.
authors.affiliation: International Social Service, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Selinske
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Naughton
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Flanagan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fry
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pickles
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy; D002669:Child Welfare; D004989:Ethics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007391:International Cooperation; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States