Recruitment and counselling of sperm donors: Ethical problems

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 70-79

  Shenfield, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consent; Counselling; Donor insemination; Ethics; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUNSELING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT SELECTION; SPERM; SPERM DONOR;

EID: 0031833465     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_2.70     Document Type: Conference Paper

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