Going it alone: Solo mothers and their infants conceived by donor insemination

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 242-253

  Murray, Clare ^a   Golombok, Susan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SINGLE PARENT; WELLBEING;

DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; SINGLE PARENT;

EID: 17644366476     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.2.242     Document Type: Article

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