Using and not losing the messages from the adoption experience for donor-assisted conception

Human Fertility

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-45

  Feast, Julia ^a  

^a British Assoc of Adoption/Fostering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CONCEPTION; CONSULTATION; EGG; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENEALOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SPERM DONOR;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0037740936     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464770312331368983     Document Type: Review

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