Working with previously anonymous gamete donors and donor-conceived adults: Recent practice experiences of running the Dna-based voluntary information exchange and contact register, UK Donorlink

Human Fertility

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-30

  Crawshaw, Marilyn ^a   Gunter, Christine ^a   Tidy, Christine ^a   Atherton, Freda ^a  

^a CQSW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donor linking; Donor conceived adults; Donors; Searching; Voluntary register

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DONOR CONCEIVED ADULT; FEMALE; GAMETE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENTIALITY; DNA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTE DONATION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875873801     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2012.731714     Document Type: Article

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