Prospective parents' intentions regarding disclosure following the removal of donor anonymity

Human Fertility

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-100

  Crawshaw, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Disclosure; Donor anonymity; Infertility counsellors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPERM DONOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANONYMOUS TESTING; ATTITUDE; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; TISSUE DONORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 46649092523     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270701694282     Document Type: Article

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