Telling the story: Parents' scripts for donor offspring

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1392-1399

  Rumball, Anna ^a   Adair, Vivienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Children; Donor insemination; Infertility; Information; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFORMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROGENY;

EID: 0032906504     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.5.1392     Document Type: Article

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