‘Everybody’s got a dad. . .’. Issues for lesbian families in the management of donor insemination

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 477-499

  Haimes, Erica ^a   Weiner, Kate ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Donor insemination; Fatherhood; Lesbians; Self insemination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034214573     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00215     Document Type: Article

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