A follow-up study of women who donated oocytes to known recipient couples for altruistic reasons

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2040-2050

  Yee, Samantha ^a   Hitkari, Jason A ^a   Greenblatt, Ellen M ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altruism; Infertilty; IVF; Oocyte donation; Third party conception

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN RELATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE;

EID: 34447332822     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem103     Document Type: Article

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