Parents dilemmas in sharing donor insemination conception stories with their children

Children and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 420-431

  Hargreaves, Katrina ^a   Daniels, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 34948867828     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2006.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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