Confidence in the use of donor insemination: An evaluation of the impact of participating in a group preparation programme

Human Fertility

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-20

  Daniels, K ^a   Thorn, P ^b   Westerbrooke, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Evangelische Fachhochschule Darmstadt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confidence; Donor insemination; Group preparation programme

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SHAME; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33947547103     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270600973035     Document Type: Article

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