What is new in adoption

Adoptions arranged through adoption agencies are on the increase because there are more agencies. The Citizens Committee on Adoption of Children in California has concluded that there are very few adoptable children under care in orphanages. Fifty per cent of physicians would prefer agency adoptions, but only 24 per cent actually refer both expectant mothers needing such services and couples wishing to adopt infants to such agencies. The program in this field of social welfare should be child-centered and physicians should seek and give cooperation to such agencies.