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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/141898| Title: | International child adoptions |
| Authors: | Attard Montalto, Simon |
| Keywords: | Editorials Intercountry adoption -- Government policy Children -- Diseases Intercountry adoption -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2025-11 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Medical School |
| Citation: | Attard Montalto, S. (2025). International child adoptions. Malta Medical Journal, 37(4), 3-4. |
| Abstract: | The adoption of children, whilst being an altruistic gesture, allows for individuals to bring up children and, in some cases, to add to their own family. The process has been and remains fraught with obstacles for prospective adoptive parent(s) including satisfying a suitability assessment, persevering through the arduous adoption process itself, as well as significant monetary outlay. The availability of ‘suitable’ prospective adoptees is a limiting factor and, in Malta, few ‘indigenous’ children are put up for adoption and more than 75% of adoptions are sourced from overseas. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/141898 |
| Appears in Collections: | MMJ, Volume 37, Issue 4 |
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