Made in Finland: Infertility doctors' representations of children

Critical Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-308

  Malin, Maili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMBRYO; FAMILY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FINLAND; GAMETE; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0036899169     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958159021000029504     Document Type: Review

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