Fear, fascination and the sperm donor as 'abjection' in interviews with heterosexual recipients of donor insemination

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 705-718

  Burr, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Boundaries; Donor insemination; Male infertility; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DONOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECORDING; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOA; TAPE RECORDING; TISSUE DONORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68749114434     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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