Naming parents after adoption - are they still a ‘mum’ and ‘dad’? Recognition, rights and a sense of retained parental identity after a child is adopted from care
Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice
Published online on May 21, 2026
Abstract
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This paper sets out the findings from a doctoral study in Northern Ireland about how birth parents of children who have been adopted from public care, and lawyers involved in adoption, experience the use of the terms mum and dad after adoption. While ...
This paper sets out the findings from a doctoral study in Northern Ireland about how birth parents of children who have been adopted from public care, and lawyers involved in adoption, experience the use of the terms mum and dad after adoption. While ...