Relinquishing Frozen Embryos for Conception by Infertile Couples

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-273

  Paul, Marilyn S ^a   Berger, Roni ^a   Blyth, Eric ^b   Frith, Lucy ^c  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo donation and adoption; Embryo donors and motivation; Frozen embryo disposition; Frozen embryos and decision making; Third party reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; E-MAIL; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77958144196     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020002     Document Type: Article

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