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Brown, Helen Cosis and Cocker, Christine 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4188-2316
(2008)
Lesbian and Gay Fostering and Adoption:Out of the Closet into the Mainstream?
Adoption and Fostering, 32 (4).
pp. 19-30.
ISSN 0308-5759
Abstract
Recent public debates have discussed lesbians and gay men caring for children as a novel phenomenon, but such arrangements are not new. Helen Cosis Brown and Christine Cocker track debates concerning lesbian and gay families and examine the relationship between policy and practice that is evidence based and ideologically driven. They outline the complexities of adoption and fostering practice within its political and social context and argue that the paramountcy of the child's welfare is the lynchpin to understanding the issues involved with the placement of children with lesbian and gay carers. The emphasis, in examining the detail of practice, is on recruitment, assessment, matching and support.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adoption,fostering,gay,lesbian,looked after children,social psychology,health(social science),sociology and political science,law ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3207 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Social Work |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2022 00:27 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2022 04:03 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/86582 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/030857590803200404 |
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