Gay male couples and assisted reproduction: should we assist?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-20

  Greenfeld, Dorothy A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; father child relations; Gay men; homosexuality; parenting

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FATHER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LESBIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHERS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 34347256141     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.04.040     Document Type: Editorial

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