Becoming father and mother in a late adoption process / Tornar-se pai e mãe em um processo de adoção tardia

A new culture of adoption emerges in Brazil, which searches a family for a child, instead of a child for a family. This proposal holds new family, maternity and paternity projects. In it, new meanings are attributed to being father and mother, distinct from the traditional consanguinity model. Late...

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Main Authors: Nina Rosa do Amaral Costa, Maria Clotilde Rossetti-Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2007-01-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722007000300010&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt