Genetics, fathers and families: Exploring the implications of changing the law in favour of identifying sperm donors

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 494-510

  Donovan, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1990 Act; Donor insemination; Genetic fathers; New genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750696657     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663906069543     Document Type: Article

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