To tell or not to tell: The decision-making process of egg-donation parents

Human Fertility

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-95

  Murray, Clare ^a   Golombok, Susan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; OOCYTE DONATION; PARENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROTECTION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISCLOSURE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION;

EID: 0242320520     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464770312331369123     Document Type: Article

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