Resemblance talk: A challenge for parents whose children were conceived with donor gametes in the US

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1300-1309

  Becker, Gay ^a   Butler, Anneliese ^b   Nachtigall, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor gametes; Kinship; Reproductive technologies; Resemblance; USA

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; KINSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; EGG; FAMILY; FEMALE; GAMETE; GENETICS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; PARENT; SPERM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVUM; PARENTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444491062     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.01.018     Document Type: Article

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