A survey of the effectiveness of the assessment of the welfare of the child in UK in-vitro fertilization units

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 766-770

  Patel, J C ^a   Johnson, M H ^a  

^a Department of Anatomy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment protocols; Child welfare; HFEA; In vitro fertilization; UK

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COUNSELING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031894257     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.3.766     Document Type: Article

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