Donor insemination, the impact on family and child development

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Brewaeys, A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child development; Donor insemination; Family development; Psychology; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0029863362     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01674829609025658     Document Type: Review

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