"Last-chance kids": A good deal for older parents-but what about the children?

Sexuality, Reproduction and Menopause

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 4-12

  Zweifel, Julianne E ^a   Covington, Sharon N ^b,c   Applegarth, Linda D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BIRTH RATE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARENTAL AGE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84865807806     PISSN: 15462501     EISSN: 18787576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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