The gift of motherhood: Egg donation in a Barcelona infertility clinic

Ethnos

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-52

  Orobitg, Gemma ^a   Salazar, Carles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Biogenetics; Egg donation; Kinship; Motherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 15044348719     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00141840500048532     Document Type: Article

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