Authors:

^aVocal de Salud de la Asociación Atlas. Coordinador de la Comisión de Salud de CORA (Coordinadora de Asociaciones en Defensa de la Adopción y el Acogimiento). España.

Correspondence: A Núñez. Email: salud@asatlas.org

Reference of this article.:

Núñez López A. La adopción internacional. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2009;11 (Supl 11):s317-s329.

Published in Internet: 31/12/2009

Abstract:

International adoption (IA) has greatly increased in our country in recent years. This article briefly describes the role of family associations on children adopted abroad, the overview of IA in Spain and the development process of the CORA initiative to promote a consensus among professionals in the best interest of the IA children.

Keywords: International adoption.