How parents whose children have been conceived with donor gametes make their disclosure decision: contexts, influences, and couple dynamics

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 179-187

  Shehab, Dena ^a   Duff, Julia ^a   Pasch, Lauri A ^a   Mac Dougall, Kirstin ^a   Scheib, Joanna E ^c   Nachtigall, Robert D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

disclosure; Donor gametes; donor oocytes; donor sperm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COUNSELING; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; OOCYTE DONATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 38049129486     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.046     Document Type: Article

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