Marital stability and quality in families created by assisted reproduction techniques: A follow-up study

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 678-683

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

donor insemination; egg donation; family functioning; marital quality; marital stability; surrogacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EGG DONATION; FAMILY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIVORCE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; OOCYTE DONATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84871227484     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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