[Transnational adoptions. Medical and ethical issues].

An Esp Pediatr

Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario de Tarragona Joan XXIII, Tarragona.

Published: July 2000

Objective: To report our experience in the problems of international adoptions and their characteristics and management.

Materials And Methods: Review of patients treated in our pediatrics department and review of the literature.

Comment: The adoption of children from other countries is increasing in Spain. The problems presented by these children include infectious diseases, and nutritional and psycho-emotional disorders. Furthermore, pediatricians should take ethical issues into account and discuss them with the adoptive parents.

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