Surrogate motherhood: A critical perspective

Expert Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-7

  Van Den Akker, Olga B A ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDLESSNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FAMILY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LAW; MOTHER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 77951686523     PISSN: 17474108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eog.09.69     Document Type: Editorial

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