Gender and bioethics intertwined: Egg donation within the context of equal opportunities

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-340

  Spilker, Kristin ^a   Lie, Merete ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Bioethics; Cultural studies; Egg donation; Equal opportunities; Ethnographies of fertility; Feminism; Gender; Motherhood; Parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948824428     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: 14617420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350506807081879     Document Type: Article

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