Child development and quality of parenting in lesbian families: No psychosocial indications for a-priori withholding of infertility treatment. A systematic review

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 579-588

  Hunfeld, J A M ^a   Fauser, B C J M ^a   de Beaufort, I D ^a   Passchier, J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child development; Infertility treatment; Lesbian families; Quality of parenting; Systemic review

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPTION; FAMILY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LESBIAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MEDLINE; PARENTING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036863878     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/8.6.579     Document Type: Review

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