Donor insemination: The gifting and selling of semen

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1521-1536

  Daniels, Ken R ^a   Lewis, Gillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Donor insemination; Gifts; Policy; Semen donors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; DONOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERM;

EID: 0029999341     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00251-0     Document Type: Article

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