Views of donors and recipients regarding disclosure to children following altruistic known oocyte donation

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 851-859

  Yee, Samantha ^a,c   Blyth, Eric ^b   Ka Tat Tsang, A ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

altruistic oocyte donation; disclosure; donor conception; donor offspring; information sharing; known oocyte donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILDBIRTH; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; RECIPIENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE; TWIN CONCORDANCE;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; CANADA; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTE DONATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84155162617     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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