TY - BOOK AU - Swain Phillip A AU - Swain Shurlee TI - To search for self: the experience of access to adoption information SN - 186287087X AV - TD225.D24 PY - 1992/// CY - Sydney PB - Federation Press KW - Adoption KW - Law and legislation KW - Australia KW - Disclosure of information N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 129); Adoption: was it ever thus? / Shurlee Swain -- The growth and role of self help groups / Deborah Lee -- Adoption information services: myths and realities / Phillip Swain -- Testing adoption assumptions through legislation / Gerard McPhee -- To know one's child: the relinquishing mother's dilemma / Marie Meggitt -- Relinquishment counselling of birth fathers / Rosemary Nicholls and Mina Levy -- Support for adoptive parents / Josephine Hale -- The mediation process: a delicate balance of complex human needs and emotions / Farley O'Dea, Suzanne Midford and Mercurio Cicchini -- Reproductive technology: what can we learn from the adoption experience? / Pauline Ley -- The social construction of adoption and surrogacy: a comparison / Heather Dietrich -- Current access provisions in Australia / Phillip Swain ER -