Survey of Japanese infertile couples' attitudes toward surrogacy

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 156-161

  Saito, Yoshiko ^a,b   Matsuo, Hiroya ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gestational surrogacy; Infertility; Japanese infertile couple; Third party reproduction; Traditional surrogacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHICS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FRIEND; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; JAPAN; MALE; SURROGATE MOTHERS;

EID: 70249150680     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01674820802429435     Document Type: Article

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