Sperm donor recruitment within an NHS fertility service since the removal of anonymity

Human Fertility

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-167

  Tomlinson, Mathew J ^a,b   Pooley, Karen ^b   Pierce, Angela ^b   Hopkisson, James F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donor anonymity; Donor assisted conception; Sperm donation

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; DONOR SELECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHENOTYPE; PUBLICATION; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPERM DONOR; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANONYMS AND PSEUDONYMS; COUNSELING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956906230     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2010.512654     Document Type: Article

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