The shift from biological to social fatherhood-counselling men and their partners considering donor insemination

Human Fertility

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-43

  Thorn, Petra ^a  

^a Praxis fuer Paar und Familientherapie ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Counselling; Donor insemination; Fatherhood

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AWARENESS; EXPECTANT FATHER; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENTHOOD; PATIENT COUNSELING; REVIEW; STIGMA; TABOO;

COUNSELING; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MALE;

EID: 84875833232     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2013.777476     Document Type: Review

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