Becoming a mother by non-anonymous egg donation: Secrecy and the relationship between egg recipient, egg donor and egg donation child

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-104

  Van Berkel, D ^a,c   Candido, A ^b   Pijffers, W H ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Developmental Psychology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Egg donation; Egg donor; Egg recipient; Non anonymity; Relationships; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NETHERLANDS; PARENTING; SURROGATE MOTHERS; TRANSPLANTATION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 34249858968     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820701409868     Document Type: Article

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