A systematic review of sperm donors: Demographic characteristics, attitudes, motives and experiences of the process of sperm donation

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-51

  Van den broeck, U ^a   Vandermeeren, M ^a   Vanderschueren, D ^b   Enzlin, P ^b   Demyttenaere, K ^b   D'hooghe, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Psychology; Sperm donation; Systematic review; Third party reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR SELECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPERM DONOR; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84870365070     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dms039     Document Type: Article

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