Parent identity and 'virtual' children: Why patients discard rather than donate unused embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1661-1669

  de Lacey, Sheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decisions; Discarding embryos; Embryo donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PLANNING; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 20744436851     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh831     Document Type: Article

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