Policy formation in gamete donation and egg sharing in the UK - A critical appraisal

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2617-2626

  Blyth, Eric ^a   Crawshaw, Marilyn ^b   Daniels, Ken ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

British fertility society; Donor anonymity; Egg sharing; Human fertilisation and embryology authority; UK

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; HEALTH POLICY;

CONFIDENTIALITY; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; LICENSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OOCYTE DONATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPERM DONOR; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 5144232235     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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