Surrogacy, gay male couples and the significance of biogenetic paternity

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-53

  Dempsey, Deborah ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies; Australia; Donor insemination; Family formation; Gay fathers; Gay men; Kinship; Surrogacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AUSTRALIA; CONCEPTION; CONSANGUINITY; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FAMILY HISTORY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTHOOD; PATERNITY; PATERNITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84874622630     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636778.2012.735859     Document Type: Article

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