Donor insemination: Dutch parents' opinions about confidentiality and donor anonymity and the emotional adjustment of their children

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1591-1597

  Brewaeys, A ^a   Golombok, S ^b   Naaktgeboren, N ^a   De Bruyn, J K ^a   Van Hall, E V ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child development; Confidentiality; Donor anonymity; Donor insemination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030763247     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.7.1591     Document Type: Article

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