PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Griffith, Ezra E. H.
AU  - Duby, Jacqueline L.
TI  - Recent Developments in the Transracial Adoption Debate
DP  - 1991 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 339--350
VI  - 19
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/19/4/339.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/19/4/339.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1991 Dec 01; 19
AB  - This article places the controversy over transracial adoption (TRA) in its historical context and analyzes recent developments in the law governing TRA policy. Because unfounded “authority” from the field of mental health infuses current debate, the authors alert psychiatrists to two powerful forces that improperly influence today’s legal arena: community preference for same-race families and biased professional norms of mental health professionals.