Experiences of offspring searching for and contacting their donor siblings and donor

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-532

  Jadva, Vasanti ^a   Freeman, Tabitha ^a   Kramer, Wendy ^b   Golombok, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Donor Sibling Registry   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor conception; Donor searching; Donor siblings; DSR; Offspring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; PARENT; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SIBLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951653041     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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