RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Recent Developments in the Transracial Adoption Debate
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 339
OP 350
VO 19
IS 4
A1 Griffith, Ezra E. H.
A1 Duby, Jacqueline L.
YR 1991
UL http://jaapl.org/content/19/4/339.abstract
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.