Semen donors' curiosity about donor offspring and the barriers to their knowing

Human Fertility

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-93

  Speirs, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Relatedness; Semen donors; UK DonorLink

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMOTION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PROGENY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPERM DONOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84861368090     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2012.658900     Document Type: Article

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