Mediated reunions in adoption: findings from an evaluation study.
In Canada, there are long waiting lists of adopted persons and birthparents seeking information or actual reunions. In the province of Quebec, the government authorized a pilot project, involving a fee-for-service program and use of contract social workers to supplement agency staff as intermediaries in the reunion process. This article reports on the project's evaluation and provides birth-parents' and adoptees' responses to reunion. A survey of clients who used this service found a high level of satisfaction. There were, however, some significant differences between birthparents and adoptees as well as between those who were searching and those found.
School of Social Work, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Carol Cumming
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Speirs
Sydney
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Duder
Richard
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Sullivan
Silvia
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Kirstein
Mona
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Propst
Dolores
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Meade
D000300:Adoption; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005195:Family Relations; D006801:Humans; D017008:Negotiating; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011792:Quebec; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014342:Truth Disclosure