Producing sperm, egg and embryo donors' pen portraits and other personal information for later use by donor offspring: An exploratory study of professional practices

Human Fertility

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 82-88

  Crawshaw, Marilyn ^a   Dally, Jacqui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Donor conception; Donor information; Donor offspring; Donors; Pen portraits

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DONOR; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OOCYTE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGENY; SPERM DONOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DISCLOSURE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENETIC PRIVACY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84861393506     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2012.687123     Document Type: Article

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