Donor information considered important to donors, recipients and offspring: An Australian perspective

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-311

  Rodino, I S ^a   Burton, P J ^a   Sanders, K A ^b  

^a Concept Fertility Centre ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

donor conceived offspring; donors; gamete and embryo donation; recipients; release of information

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OOCYTE DONOR; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIPIENT; SPERM DONOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 79951675376     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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