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Knowing where you’ve come from: adoption reunion narratives

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Knowing where you’ve come from: adoption reunion narratives

Janet Carsten · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Research in Scotland examined adult adoptees' reunion narratives and themes of kinship, biography, memory and origins.

Limitations: Qualitative analysis; does not estimate outcomes or prevalence.

Research type
Anthropological qualitative research
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Abstract
Peer reviewed
Yes
Age group
Adults
Study context and review

Age group as recorded: Adults

Adoption context: Domestic adoption

Programme: Not recorded

Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked

No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in the bibliographic material screened. This is not confirmation of institutional independence; affiliations, funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited.

Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.

Topics: identity, kinship, origins, reunion, Scotland, UK research

Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.

Country as recorded: Scotland

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