Feelings of couples who have had a child by donor insemination: The degree of congruence

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 135-142

  Gillett, W R ^a   Daniels, K R ^b   Herbison, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Congruence; Couples; Donor insemination; Feelings; Infertility; Semen donors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ATTITUDE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFERTILITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0029852378     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01674829609025674     Document Type: Article

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