Reflections on Adoption Ethics
Adoption, from the Latin opiate, “to choose,” means “to take (a person) into a relationship, especially another's child as one's own” (The Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary). The word implies a permanent taking of responsibility. While the assumption that biological parents should rea...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1996
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Ano: 1996, Volume: 5, Número: 3, Páginas: 430-439 |
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| Resumo: | Adoption, from the Latin opiate, “to choose,” means “to take (a person) into a relationship, especially another's child as one's own” (The Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary). The word implies a permanent taking of responsibility. While the assumption that biological parents should rear their children is vital to society, adoption provides an alternative that is sometimes necessary. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180100007258 |