Juggling on a rollercoaster? Gains, loss and uncertainties in IVF patients' accounts of volunteering for a U.K. 'egg sharing for research' scheme

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-51

  Haimes, Erica ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eggs; IVF patients; Mitochondrial; Stem cell research; UK

Indexed keywords

EGG; MITOCHONDRION; RESEARCH WORK; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; NEWCASTLE EGG SHARING FOR RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERCEPTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STEM CELL RESEARCH; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876712178     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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