Participants' views of attending parenthood preparation workshops for those contemplating donor conception parenthood

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-71

  Crawshaw, Marilyn ^a   Montuschi, Olivia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Donor Conception Network   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

donor conception; groupwork; parenthood; parenthood workshops; preparation; psycho education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PARENTHOOD; SPERM DONOR; WORKSHOP;

EID: 84874000129     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2012.748886     Document Type: Article

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