Process whereby a person assumes the parenting for a child born by other parents

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Moses is retrieved from the Nile by Egyptian women. Engraving by S. Smith, 1786, after G. Robertson after F. Zuccarelli.

The infant Moses is brought before Pharaoh's daughter. Coloured lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after the former, c. 1746.

Child placement through clinically oriented casework / [Esther Glickman].

Rights for same sex parents / USDAW.

Report of the departmental committee on the adoption of children.

Medical aspects of adoption and foster care / edited by Stephen Wolkind.

How I met my son : a journey through adoption / Rosalind Powell.

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Adoption

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Child placement through clinically oriented casework / [Esther Glickman].

Rights for same sex parents / USDAW.

Report of the departmental committee on the adoption of children.

Medical aspects of adoption and foster care / edited by Stephen Wolkind.

How I met my son : a journey through adoption / Rosalind Powell.

Adoption

Images from the collections

Images about Adoption

Works from the collections

Child placement through clinically oriented casework / [Esther Glickman].

Rights for same sex parents / USDAW.

Report of the departmental committee on the adoption of children.

Medical aspects of adoption and foster care / edited by Stephen Wolkind.

How I met my son : a journey through adoption / Rosalind Powell.

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