Access to genetic and birth origins information for people conceived following third party assisted conception in the United Kingdom

International Journal of Children's Rights

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 300-318

  Blyth, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Birth origins information; Donor conception; Genetic origins information; Parental Order; Surrogacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862865551     PISSN: 09275568     EISSN: 15718182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157181812X608291     Document Type: Article

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