Donor insemination: Eugenic and feminist implications

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 287-311

  Hanson, F Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor insemination; Eugenics; Feminism; New reproductive technologies; Patriarchy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DONOR; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LESBIAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPERM; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; EUGENICS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMEN; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035461211     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2001.15.3.287     Document Type: Article

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