Air date: May 8, 2011

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IU's Dr. Rich Frankel is back with another in his series of Patient Listening conversations. In honor of Mother’s Day this week, Rich hears stories from two mothers who decided to adopt a child. Both women adopted children from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr. Frankel explores the motivatations of adoptive mothers the problems that arise when adopting trans-racial children.

First Frankel hears from Wendy Morrison and her husband Brent Smith the new parents of Luke, who arrived in the U.S. about a month ago. Wendy is a health economist at the Regenstrief Institute in Indianapolis. She came into the Sound Medicine studio before Luke arrived, to talk about her hopes and expectations.

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• Find out more about Dr. Rich Frankel.
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