Roots, origins and backgrounds

An analysis of their meanings in the creation of adoptive families in Sweden

Bibliographic Data

ID3344441
AuthorsJ Lind (0000-0001-7553-5788, Linköping University, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume19
Issue1
Pages115-128
Publication date2012-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildhood (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0907568211409077
OpenAlexW2088202685
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited16

In international conventions as well as in the national discourses of many countries, children who do not grow up with their biogenetic parents have the right to receive information about their origin. The meaning of origin in intercountry adoption, however, is not necessarily the same as in artificial donor insemination (AID). Through an analysis of the material published by the Swedish Intercountry Adoption Authority from 1972 to 2004 and by discussing the often-drawn analogy between adoption and AID, the present article aims to investigate the varying meanings that have been ascribed to origin and the arguments that have been used in support of its importance

Analogy · Epistemology · Meaning (existential · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Gender Studies · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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