Origins and originators: lesbian couples negotiating parental identities and sperm donor conception

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-311

  Nordqvist, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

donor insemination; lesbian; parental identity; parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MOTHER; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPERMATOZOON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DONORS; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860809204     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.639392     Document Type: Article

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