Disclosure decisions among pregnant women who received donor oocytes: a phenomenological study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 288-296

  Hershberger, Patricia ^a   Klock, Susan C ^b   Barnes, Randall B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; disclosure; donor gametes; oocyte donation; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECIPIENT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846589852     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.06.036     Document Type: Article

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