Parental information sharing with donor insemination conceived offspring: A follow-up study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1099-1105

  Daniels, Ken ^a   Gillett, Wayne ^b   Grace, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Donor insemination; Parent decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AZOOSPERMIA; CONCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPERM DONOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 67449124253     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den495     Document Type: Article

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