Surrogacy families 10 years on: Relationship with the surrogate, decisions over disclosure and children's understanding of their surrogacy origins

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3008-3014

  Jadva, V ^a   Blake, L ^a   Casey, P ^a   Golombok, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disclosure; genetic surrogacy; gestational surrogacy; surrogate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SURROGACY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84866415378     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des273     Document Type: Article

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