Population-based study of attitudes toward posthumous reproduction

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 735-740.e5

  Barton, Sara E ^a   Correia, Katharine F ^a   Shalev, Shirley ^b   Missmer, Stacey A ^a,c   Lehmann, Lisa Soleymani ^a   Shah, Divya K ^a   Ginsburg, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; ethics; informed consent; Posthumous reproduction; public opinion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; ORGAN DONOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLITICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTHUMOUS CONCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84865698411     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.05.044     Document Type: Article

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