The impact of disclosure on donor gamete participants: Donors, intended parents and offspring

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-268

  Greenfeld, Dorothy A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Donor gamete offspring; Gamete donors

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPTION; DONOR; FAMILY RELATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OOCYTE DONATION; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW;

CHILD; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PRIVACY; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS;

EID: 43149099415     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32830136ca     Document Type: Review

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