Abstract

Purpose: International adoption from China has been common as a result of government-imposed birth restrictions and a large population of abandoned children. The availability of healthy Chinese infants has significantly decreased in the last several years with lessening of restrictions on family size and increasing domestic adoptions in China. The smaller pool of healthy children available for international adoption has increased the rate of “special needs” adoptions. Relaxed adoption protocols encourage adoption of children with medical conditions including many children with congenital cleft …

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