On triparenting. Is having three committed parents better than having only two?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 735-738

  Cutas, Daniela ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CHILD; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FAMILY; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS;

EID: 82255162858     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2011.043745     Document Type: Article

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