The donor, the father, and the imaginary constitution of the family: Parents' constructions in the case of donor insemination

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-314

  Grace, Victoria M ^a   Daniels, Ken R ^a   Gillett, Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Donor insemination; Donors; Family; Fatherhood; New Zealand; Parents' perceptions

Indexed keywords

FAMILY PLANNING; GAMETE; PERCEPTION; POLICY ANALYSIS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD; CONCEPTION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FATHER; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

COHORT STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 36849013959     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.08.029     Document Type: Article

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