The disclosure decision: Concerns and issues of parents of children conceived through donor insemination

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1165-1170

  Nachtigall, R D ^a   Becker, G ^a   Quiroga, S S ^a   Tschann, J M ^a   Watson, P T ^a   Kaplan, P ^a   Adamson, D ^a   Henderson, S ^a   Marshall, L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Donor insemination; Male infertility; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0031778334     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70318-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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