'Daddy ran out of tadpoles': How parents tell their children that they are donor conceived, and what their 7-year-olds understand

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2527-2534

  Blake, L ^a   Casey, P ^a   Readings, J ^a   Jadva, V ^a   Golombok, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disclosure; donor conception; donor insemination; donor offspring; egg donation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPERM DONOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956937799     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq208     Document Type: Article

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