Factors associated with parents' decisions to tell their adult offspring about the offsprings donor conception

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2783-2790

  Daniels, K R ^a   Grace, V M ^a   Gillett, W R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Donor insemination; family building; gamete donation; secrecy

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROGENY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR;

EID: 80052915462     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der247     Document Type: Article

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