Childhood Adoption

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Adoptees may also fear their adoptive family may love them less because of their curiosity. When adopted children grow into young adults, many worry about their health. Often adopted children, their adoptive families are given little to none of their medical history, especially if the adoption was intercountry (National Adoption Center). This can be due to lack of information on the part of the biological family, type of adoption or circumstance in which the adoptee was found (for example being left at an orphanage in a foreign country). Simple primary healthcare trips can bring about great worry because there is a lot of unknown health information when the person is adopted. Anxiety over lack of medical history may become worse for those who

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