Death and conception

Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2769-2775

  Bahadur, G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conception; Consent; Death; Gamete cryopreservation; Posthumous insemination

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD WELFARE; COMA; CONCEPTION; COUNSELING; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEATH; EMBRYO DEATH; ETHICS; GAMETE; GESTATION PERIOD; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORALITY; PATERNITY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0036798039     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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