Emotional and relational aspects of egg-sharing: Egg-share donors and recipients feelings about each other, each others treatment outcome and any resulting children

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1690-1701

  Grtin, Zeynep B ^a   Ahuja, Kamal K ^b   Golombok, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b London Women's Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Donor contact; Donor offspring; Egg donation; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EGG DONATION; EGG SHARING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECIPIENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861553191     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des085     Document Type: Article

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