Embryo donation parents' attitudes towards donors: Comparison with adoption

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 517-523

  MacCallum, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Disclosure; Donor conception; Embryo donation; IVF

Indexed keywords

ADOPTED CHILD; ADOPTIVE PARENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; EMBRYO DONATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 61449091518     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den386     Document Type: Article

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