Donor conceived offspring conceive of the donor: The relevance of age, awareness, and family form

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-65

  Hertz, Rosanna ^a   Nelson, Margaret K ^b   Kramer, Wendy ^c  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Donor Sibling Registry   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological and social fatherhood; Children; Donor conceived offspring; Genetics; Heterosexual families; Lesbian families; Sperm donors; United States

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; TERMINOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANONYMOUS TESTING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CHILD; CONCEPTION; FATHER; FEMALE; GAMETE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PLESIOMORPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGENY; RESPONSIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPERM DONOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; REGISTRIES; SPERMATOZOA; TISSUE DONORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876739027     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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