Families working it out: Adolescents' views on communicating about donor-assisted conception

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2318-2324

  Kirkman, Maggie ^a   Rosenthal, Doreen ^a   Johnson, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Infertility Treatment Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Disclosure; Donor insemination; Donor assisted conception; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AUSTRALIA; CONCEPTION; DONOR; FAMILY RELATION; GAMETE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 34547810933     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem138     Document Type: Review

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