Disclosure issues and decisions of couples who conceived via donor insemination

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 292-300

  Leiblum, S R ^a   Aviv, A L ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling issues; Disclosure; Donor insemination; Follow up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DONOR; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERTILITY; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0031451884     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01674829709080702     Document Type: Article

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